U-M World Diabetes Day Health Fair hosted Nov. 14
(11/03/09)
The University of Michigan Comprehensive Diabetes Center will host its third annual World Diabetes Day Health Fair 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Four Points by Sheraton in Ann Arbor. Special presentations will be held on foot care and healthy eating. The day is designed to inform the public about diabetes, its causes, risks and management.
Full Press ReleaseU-M diabetes center explores use of arthritis drug to control diabetes
(09/30/09)
Can an anti-inflammatory drug used for years to manage arthritis help control type 2 diabetes? University of Michigan Comprehensive Diabetes Center will collaborate with investigators nationwide on the clinical trial that may one day lead to an inexpensive way to treat the most common form of diabetes.
Full Press ReleaseStem cell success points to way to regenerate parathyroid glands
(09/29/09)
An early laboratory success is taking University of Michigan researchers a step closer to parathyroid gland transplants that could one day prevent a currently untreatable form of bone loss associated with thyroid surgery. The scientists were able to induce embryonic stem cells to differentiate into parathyroid cells that produced a hormone essential to maintaining bone density.
Full Press ReleaseStudy helps explain why the fat hormone leptin leads to rewarding ourselves
(08/26/09)
Diabetes researchers describe for the first time a new bunch of leptin-responsive neurons that feed into the part of the brain that controls the rewarding properties we assign to things. These neurons and their targets influence our motivation for food, sex or a fancy car.
Full Press ReleaseU-M Hospitals & Health Centers rank 14th in the U.S.
(07/16/09)
U.S. News & World Report honors U-M among the country's finest
Full Press ReleaseHeart surgery no better than drugs for patients with Type 2 diabetes
(06/08/09)
A landmark study shows bypass or angioplasty is no better than drug therapy in reducing deaths among patients with Type 2 diabetes and heart disease. The University of Michigan was one of 49 sites in the international study led by the University of Pittsburgh.
Full Press ReleaseStudy gives clues to how adrenal cancer forms
(06/04/09)
When telomeres -- the bits of DNA at the end of chromosomes -- become dysfunctional, it can trigger cancer, researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have found. The study was done in a mouse model that targeted the extremely rare adrenal cancer.
Full Press ReleaseTriglycerides implicated in diabetes nerve loss
(05/14/09)
A common blood test for triglycerides – a well-known cardiovascular disease risk factor – may also for the first time allow doctors to predict which patients with diabetes are more likely to develop the serious, common complication of neuropathy. Results from a new study suggest that diabetes patients with neuropathy should control lipid counts as rigorously as they do glucose levels.
Full Press ReleaseAdult survivors of childhood cancer have lower bone mineral density
(12/03/08)
Men who survived childhood leukemia treatment into adulthood were more likely to have low bone mineral density than other adults their age, putting them at risk of osteoporosis and bone fractures, according to a new study.
Full Press ReleaseFoot problems common among people with diabetes
(11/10/08)
More than half of all lower limb amputations done in the U.S. each year are related to complications from diabetes. That’s why experts with the University of Michigan Health System recommend regular foot self-checks for those with diabetes.
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