Problems with insulin folding may lead to diabetes
(10/01/07) A glitch in the production and folding of molecules deep within the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas may be responsible for the death of those cells and the onset of diabetes, new animal research suggests.
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7 common myths about osteoporosis
(05/07/07) Even though millions of Americans suffer from bone loss due to osteoporosis, it still remains a widely misunderstood disease. To help separate fact from fiction, a U-M endocrinologist offers information about osteoporosis, as well as diagnosis, prevention and treatment options available for the disease.
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Former EarthLink CEO leaves legacy for adrenal cancer
(05/03/07) When former EarthLink CEO Garry Betty was diagnosed with an extremely rare form of cancer in late 2006, he was determined to use his experience to help others and to find a cure. So he established the Garry Betty Foundation, which today announces a $400,000 gift to the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center for its adrenal cancer program.
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U-M expert offers tips for people with diabetes to manage holidays with ease
(12/04/06) For the more than 18 million Americans estimated to have diabetes, holiday food, parties, alcohol and stress can make it challenging to maintain healthy blood sugar levels. To help people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes survive the holiday season, a U-M expert offers seven strategies to manage holiday eating and stress with ease.
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Exciting times for people with diabetes means few excuses for high blood sugar
(11/06/06) A generation ago, there was just one kind of pill that could help people with diabetes keep their blood sugar levels down. But today, virtually anyone with diabetes can find an option that will work for them, and keep their blood sugar low enough to prevent or delay long-term problems like heart attacks, blindness, amputation and kidney failure.
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Hormone therapy shapes childrens height to social norms
(10/25/06) More than 50 years ago, otherwise healthy tall girls were given estrogen therapy to stunt their growth to make them more socially attractive. While estrogen therapy today for tall girls is rare, its use to conform a childs height to fit social norms may provide valuable insight into the present-day use of growth hormone treatment for healthy boys of short stature, say U-M researchers.
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Muscle pathology is key to nerve cell death
(09/15/06) Healing damaged muscle could be critical to preventing the death of nerve cells in patients with Kennedy disease and other incurable neuromuscular disorders, such has ALS or Lou Gehrigs disease, according to a new research study from the University of Michigan Medical School.
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U-M diabetes leader wins national award
(06/12/06) In order to truly confront the nations diabetes epidemic and head off its potentially devastating long-term health and economic effects, America needs to re-think the way it defines and detects the disease, a U-M diabetes expert said this week after receiving a prestigious national award.
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First U-M Atkins professor named
(05/08/06) A U-M Medical School researcher who studies the science of obesity and metabolism is receiving an honor named for another physician who achieved international prominence in that same field.
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Cost for growth hormone therapy may not measure up
(03/06/06) A new study from researchers at U-M Health System revealed that the incremental cost-effectiveness of growth hormone therapy for children with Idiopathic Short Stature was more than $52,000 per inch. In all, it would cost about $40 billion dollars to treat the estimated 400,000 American children ages 4 to 15 who are now eligible for growth hormone therapy.
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