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Endocrine Society’s new Scientific Statement offers guidance to spot hormonal causes of hypertension

A new Scientific Statement issued by the Endocrine Society advises healthcare providers on ways to spot hormonal causes of high blood pressure that can be cured with surgery or treated effectively with medication.

6 Apr 2017

Metabolic syndrome is the new 'silent killer', warn researchers

For decades, American waistlines have been expanding and there is increasing cause for alarm. Researchers from the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University make the case that metabolic syndrome -- a cluster of three of more risk factors that include abdominal obesity, high triglycerides, high blood pressure, abnormal lipids, and insulin resistance, a precursor of type 2 diabetes -- is the new "silent killer," analogous to hypertension in the 1970s.

6 Apr 2017

Study shows the aging brain has trouble generating brain waves required for deep sleep

Older people tend to experience less sleep, due to taking frequent trips to the bathroom, and losing the ability to create deep restorative sleep compared with young adults.

6 Apr 2017

Cognitive decline following surgery triggered by brain's own immune cells, study suggests

After undergoing surgery, elderly patients often experience cloudy thinking that can last for weeks or even months. At one time researchers thought this cognitive decline might be caused by anesthesia, but mounting evidence suggests that heightened inflammation in the brain following surgery is the more likely cause.

6 Apr 2017

HIIT increases glucose metabolism and insulin sensitivity in diabetics, research reveals

New research reveals that high-intensity interval training (HIIT) increases glucose metabolism in muscles as well as insulin sensitivity in type 2 diabetes. Already after a two-week training period, the glucose uptake in thigh muscles returned to a normal level.

6 Apr 2017

Are we sleeping less than we used to?

There's no solid evidence that we sleep fewer hours today than we ever did, this is something I have gone into large amounts of detail in my book, in my published papers and at a recent meeting at the Royal Society of Medicine.

6 Apr 2017

Study measures effect of ‘weight cycling’ on health outcomes in people with pre-existing heart disease

Repeated cycles of weight loss and gain may be linked to higher risk for stroke, heart attack, and death in people with pre-existing coronary artery disease, according to a study published online April, 5 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

6 Apr 2017

ULCA scientists discover how autoantibodies cause some cases of severe hypertriglyceridemia

People with hypertriglyceridemia often are told to change their diet and lose weight. But a high-fat diet isn't necessarily the cause for everyone with the condition.

6 Apr 2017

New finding on key protein opens door to potential therapies for chronic illnesses

Scientists have determined unexpected characteristics of a key protein linked to blood pressure control and to nerve growth, pain control and heart tissue regeneration. The findings, published April 5 online in the journal Nature, opens doors to potential new therapies to control cardiovascular disease and pain.

6 Apr 2017

Cellular markers of aging could reveal how insulin-producing cells begin to fail in type 2 diabetes

Diabetes researchers have puzzled for decades about why insulin-producing beta cells in one pancreatic islet often look and behave quite differently than their counterparts in the same islet or in nearby islets.

5 Apr 2017

New initiative aims to study relationship between brain and obesity

The Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center at Columbia University Medical Center has launched an initiative to study the relationship between the brain and metabolic disorders such as obesity and diabetes.

5 Apr 2017

Deep, restorative sleep could ward off mental and physical disorders in old age

As we grow old, our nights are frequently plagued by bouts of wakefulness, bathroom trips and other nuisances as we lose our ability to generate the deep, restorative slumber we enjoyed in youth.

5 Apr 2017

IBD patients with longer duration of disease have higher risk of developing NAFLD

Research led by a Houston Methodist gastroenterologist shows that patients who have inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) for more than two decades have a higher risk of developing nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

5 Apr 2017

Newly-discovered mechanism for compound may help prevent neurologic damage

Researchers at Oregon State University have found that a compound called rapamycin has unusual properties that may help address neurologic damage such as Alzheimer's disease.

5 Apr 2017

Eating potassium-rich foods could be key to lowering blood pressure

Eating potassium-rich foods like sweet potatoes, avocados, spinach, beans, bananas - and even coffee - could be key to lowering blood pressure, according to Alicia McDonough, PhD, professor of cell and neurobiology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.

5 Apr 2017

Endocrinology News and Research

Latest Endocrinology News and Research

Endocrine Society’s new Scientific Statement offers guidance to spot hormonal causes of hypertension

Metabolic syndrome is the new 'silent killer', warn researchers

Study shows the aging brain has trouble generating brain waves required for deep sleep

Cognitive decline following surgery triggered by brain's own immune cells, study suggests

HIIT increases glucose metabolism and insulin sensitivity in diabetics, research reveals

Are we sleeping less than we used to?

Study measures effect of ‘weight cycling’ on health outcomes in people with pre-existing heart disease

ULCA scientists discover how autoantibodies cause some cases of severe hypertriglyceridemia

New finding on key protein opens door to potential therapies for chronic illnesses

Cellular markers of aging could reveal how insulin-producing cells begin to fail in type 2 diabetes

New initiative aims to study relationship between brain and obesity

Deep, restorative sleep could ward off mental and physical disorders in old age

IBD patients with longer duration of disease have higher risk of developing NAFLD

Newly-discovered mechanism for compound may help prevent neurologic damage

Eating potassium-rich foods could be key to lowering blood pressure

Magnetic resonance technology can improve fatty liver diagnosis

Young women smokers have highest risk of major heart attack than non-smoking peers, study shows

Zika virus may pose increased risk to people previously infected with dengue and West Nile, study finds

Low normalized grip strength linked to cardiometabolic diseases and disabilities in adults

Liver shows positive response to leptin therapy in patients with partial lipodystrophy, study finds

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