According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), youth with type 1 diabetes have now been found to have abnormal insulin resistance. Having abnormal insulin resistance appears to negatively affect heart, blood vessel and exercise function in this population. Type 1 diabetes often [...] Read more »

Throughout December, skin and haircare specialist Kiehl’s is selling its ‘Ultimate Strength Hand Salve’ in aid of Terrence Higgins Trust (THT). Launching on World AIDS Day, December 1, 100% of net profits will be donated to the charity. Selling the hand salve in aid of THT is part of a wider ‘Shop to [...] Read more »

Data published today by the UK’s Health Protection Agency shows that in 2008, an estimated 83,000 people were living with HIV in the UK. This is an eight percent increase on 2007 and means that there are more people living with HIV in the UK than ever before. Some 27% of this total remain undiagnosed [...] Read more »

A community-based program aimed at reducing the burden of skin disease across remote communities in Australia’s Northern Territory has been successful according to a study published November 24 in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.

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US researchers report finding that ghrelin, a hormone produced in the stomach that regulates appetite and how the body deposits fat, may be used to boost resistance to or slow the development of Parkinson’s disease.

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US researchers report finding that ghrelin, a hormone produced in the stomach that regulates appetite and how the body deposits fat, may be used to boost resistance to or slow the development of Parkinson’s disease.

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New connections begin to form between brain cells almost immediately as animals learn a new task, according to a study published this week in Nature. Led by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, the study involved detailed observations of the rewiring processes that take place in the brain during motor learning. [...] Read more »

The Health Protection Agency is investigating a number of cases of the gastrointestinal infection E. coli O157 associated with travellers returning from the resort of Benidorm in Spain. So far the HPA has been made aware of 14 confirmed cases of E. coli O157 among travellers returning to the UK, with [...] Read more »

The European Medicines Agency has recommended the granting of marketing authorisations under exceptional circumstances for two inactivated Bluetongue vaccines for sheep and cattle respectively through the centralised procedure. These recommendations will add two additional vaccines to the therapeutic arsenal of bluetongue vaccines.

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Do you want to see your best photos and stories on the Diabetes UK website and win fabulous prizes in the process? Diabetes UK has just launched two exciting competitions for young budding photographers and writers who want to share with others their experience of living with diabetes. Photo competition [...] Read more »