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Feeling slighted these days? Like your boss just doesn’t notice or appreciate your hard work? Well, our only suggestion is to either find a new job (which isn’t exactly easy to do in our current economic climate), or do your best to grin and bear it. Or else.

Last year, British researchers found that people who feel as though they are always being treated unfairly at work or at home are at an increased Read the rest of this entry »

In several past posts, I've blogged about genetics and type 2 diabetes. Now more research finds a possible connection between the disease and a gene responsiblefor our internal 'clock.'

Published online on December 7th in Nature Genetics, an international group of scientists revealed theresults of studying ten genome-wide association scans covering over 36,000 people of European descent:a variation of a gene (called melatonin Read the rest of this entry »

In several past posts, I've blogged about genetics and type 2 diabetes. Now more research finds a possible connection between the disease and a gene responsiblefor our internal 'clock.'

Published online on December 7th in Nature Genetics, an international group of scientists revealed theresults of studying ten genome-wide association scans covering over 36,000 people of European descent:a variation of a gene (called melatonin Read the rest of this entry »

A new study has found that the link between weight and Alzheimer’s disease is different for men and women. (Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive and fatal brain disorder, and the leading cause of dementia. Most people who develop Alzheimer’s are over 65.)

The study, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, examined 2,322 people who were participating in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. 187 of these participants Read the rest of this entry »

A study from the University of Texas School of Public Health Brownsville Regional Campus (UTSPH) indicates that Type 2 diabetespatients may be more likely to contract tuberculosis (TB).

From the diabetes blog at About.com:

Type 2 diabetes, especially Type 2 diabetesinvolving chronic high blood sugar, is associated with altered immune response to TB, and this was particularly marked in patients with chronically high blood Read the rest of this entry »

Although genetic screening does seem to help identify people at risk for type 2 diabetes, current methods are just as effective.

In a couple of new studies, researchers looked at newly discovered “genetic variants” for an associated increased risk for type 2 diabetes.Results for both studies showed that the risk for type 2 diabetesincreased with the more genetic variants found in the volunteers.

However, the screeening Read the rest of this entry »

Although genetic screening does seem to help identify people at risk for type 2 diabetes, current methods are just as effective.

In a couple of new studies, researchers looked at newly discovered “genetic variants” for an associated increased risk for type 2 diabetes.Results for both studies showed that the risk for type 2 diabetesincreased with the more genetic variants found in the volunteers.

However, the screeening Read the rest of this entry »

The New York Times reported that obese children, and those with high cholesterol, have symptoms that are early warning signs of heart disease.

An as-yet-unpublished study led by Dr Geetha Raghueveer, from the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine, was presented at the recent American Heart Association conference in New Orleans. The researchers found that the artery walls of obese children and teens, or those Read the rest of this entry »

A study from the University of Texas School of Public Health Brownsville Regional Campus (UTSPH) indicates that Type 2 diabetespatients may be more likely to contract tuberculosis (TB).

From the diabetes blog at About.com:

Type 2 diabetes, especially Type 2 diabetesinvolving chronic high blood sugar, is associated with altered immune response to TB, and this was particularly marked in patients with chronically high blood Read the rest of this entry »

I’m sure most of us already know that a big waist = bad, but this study caught my eye due to;

a) The sheer size of it (300,000 + participants)
and
b) That these findings were independent of body mass index (BMI). Here are some more details of the study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The risk of premature death was approximately double for subjects with a larger Read the rest of this entry »