insulin resistance

The dietary supplement chromium picolinate does not improve insulin resistance or impaired glucose tolerance in people at risk for developing type 2 diabetes, according to a recent study published in the journal Endocrine Practice.

Previous research has suggested that chromium picolinate may help people with type 2 diabetes by improving insulin resistance and increasing the body's sensitivity to insulin.

However, its effects on people at risk for developing type 2 diabetes have not been largely studied.

Both actual acupuncture and simulated (sham) acupuncture produced similar results in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), according to a recent study.

PCOS is a condition affecting approximately six percent of women of reproductive age and is characterized by missed or irregular menstrual periods, an increased ratio of luteinizing hormone to follicle-stimulating hormone, and insulin resistance.

PCOS is often a cause of infertility. Previous studies have suggested that acupuncture may be effective in restoring regular menstrual periods and ovulation, and achieving pregnancy.

Simply measuring wrist size with a tape measurer appears to be a useful marker for insulin resistance and future diabetes and heart disease risk.

(Boston University Medical Center) A study was carried out to examine the extent to which quercetin and trans-resveratrol prevented inflammation or insulin resistance in primary cultures of human adipocytes treated with tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-a) -- an inflammatory cytokine elevated in the plasma and adipose tissue of obese, diabetic individuals.

(Washington University School of Medicine) The same powerful drugs that have extended the lives of countless people with HIV come with a price -- insulin resistance that can lead to diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have determined why that happens.

(Dana-Farber Cancer Institute) A new understanding of insulin resistance and the action of diabetes drugs such as Avandia and Actos could pave the way for improved medications that are more selective and safer, say scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Scripps Research Institute.

(University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center) New research by University of Cincinnati (UC) scientists implicates a new protein in obesity development and highlights a protein pair's "team effort" in regulating obesity and insulin resistance.

(Ohio State University) Insulin resistance, the hallmark of type 2 diabetes and a condition often associated with obesity, is paradoxically also an apparent contributor to muscle wasting and severe fat loss that accompanies some cancers, according to new research.

About 47 million Americans have some form of metabolic syndromea group of conditions that increase the risk of diabetes, heart disease, and related complications.

Metabolic syndrome is often characterized by abdominal obesity, impaired fasting glucose (an increase in glucose levels), elevated blood pressure, and high cholesterol and triglycerides.

It is also associated with insulin resistance, a condition in which the body cannot use insulin effectively.

Coffee drives up blood sugar and insulin resistance, at least for a couple of hours. That may be good for people in shape and out for a morning exercise session, but it can predispose the body to diabetes if you are sedentary.