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Type 2 Diabetes Gene Predisposes Children to Obesity
2 hours ago ago from Life Sciences Blog
Story Summary: PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 7 Pediatric researchers have found that a gene already implicated in the development of type 2 diabetes in adults also raises the risk of being overweight during childhood. Researchers from The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine published the study Nov. 23 in the online version of the journal Diabetes. Dividing the cohort randomly in half allowed the team ...
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17 hours ago ago from a dad with diabetes.
There is an article by Alaric DeArment on the drug store news website that says that there was a recent study done that shows that the type II diabetes gene found to predict diabetes in adults also predicts obesity in children. He found the article published online in the Diabetes Journal on Nov. 23. What they are saying is that the researchers at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine think that by finding this gene, it may help ...
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3 hours ago ago from About Allegra.
People with milder symptoms of celiac disease face a slightly higher risk of dying than other people, a new study finds. Cancer and heart disease were the main causes of death in the patients studied, and the risk was higher in people who had had small-intestinal biopsies in childhood, the researchers found. Celiac disease affects about 1 percent of people in the Western world, the researchers said, and it is triggered by exposure ...
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Related contentStudy identifies genetic predeterminants for diabetes in African-Americans
12 hours ago ago from CIENCIASMEDICASNEWS
Contact: Les Lang llang@unch.unc.edu 919-966-9366 University of North Carolina School of Medicine Study identifies genetic predeterminants for diabetes in African-Americans IMAGE: Blood samples were analyzed for differences (mutations) in DNA and RNA that affect the level of gene expression. The result of these mutations would cause the individual to be less... CHAPEL HILL – For years, scientists have tried to determine the basis ...
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