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How lactic acid regulates insulin/glucagon secretion: hypoxia, obesity, and diabetes by mayklub Posted Mon 04 May 2009 12:43am How lactic acid regulates insulin/glucagon secretion and How hypoxia causes elevated blood pressure, obesity, and diabetes mellitus ZHU CHENG_TAI Abstract Transmembrane... is required to meet the oxygen demand by brain. Hypoxia influences secretion of insulin and glucagon by upregulating production of lactic acid, which causes hyperinsulinemia and either Read on »

How lactic acid regulates insulin/glucagon secretion: hypoxia, obesity and diabetes by mayklub Posted Mon 04 May 2009 12:45am How lactic acid regulates insulin/glucagon secretion and How hypoxia causes elevated blood pressure, obesity, and diabetes mellitus ZHU CHENG_TAI Abstract Transmembrane... is required to meet the oxygen demand by brain. Hypoxia influences secretion of insulin and glucagon by upregulating production of lactic acid, which causes hyperinsulinemia and either Read on »

FDA Let Scientists With Drug-Company Ties Evaluate New Insulin Product by Connie Bennett Healthy Living Professional

Posted Thu 18 Dec 2008 8:14pm The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allowed scientists with direct financial ties to Pfizer serve on an advisory committee to evaluate the drug company's proposed insulin inhaler, Exubera, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest. The New York Times also discusses the issue of conflict of interest about Exubera Read on »

Common and Uncommon Usages of Glucagon in the Field by Adam THOMPSON Posted Wed 17 Feb 2010 6:26am the release of stored glucose in the liver and stimulate the release of insulin from the pancreas to promote uptake of glucose into the cells. Additional effects of Glucagon include...: Utility of Glucagon in the Emergency Department. J Emerg Med 1993; 11: 195-205. Rosenfalck AM, et al: Nasal glucagon in the treatment of hypoglycaemia in type 1 (insulin-dependent Read on »

Twenty Percent Of Adults Taking Insulin Regularly Skip Insulin Doses by John Shelmet Medical Doctor

Posted Mon 05 Apr 2010 5:41am More than half (57%) of adult patients taking insulin will purposely skip a dose on occasion and 20% do so routinely. This information is based on a survey of 502 American adult diabetics. The sampling was weighted to be "representative of insulin-using U.S. adults with diabetes". Type 2 diabetics made up 77% of the survey that was reported Read on »

The Closed Loop Insulin Pump by John Shelmet Medical Doctor

Posted Thu 15 Apr 2010 4:18pm General Hospital in Boston. They're suggesting it would be a "pager-sized device" and would include a dual-pumping mechanism for insulin and glucagon (to raise the blood sugar Read on »

Reader Response: Insulin Index by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional

Posted Thu 26 Jun 2008 9:00am that actually has a contrary effect to insulin. Protein-rich foods also result in a release of glucagon. (Carb-rich food does not.) Glucagon raises blood sugar levels in part to allow.... For people without diabetes, the insulin and glucagon responses mitigate each other, and we’re looking at a healthy picture. For people with diabetes or impaired insulin response Read on »

Insulin Users and TSA - Insulin Users GET OVER YOURSELVES! by Kathleen Patient Expert

Posted Mon 04 Jan 2010 6:38am I have refused to fly since becoming an insulin users. It takes me three months to use up a bottle via joscafe.com Seriously. I am getting SO pissed off over all the indigent diabetes who are upset about the TSA rules. I've had to deal with TSA rules for several years and have to deal with a full pat down and full swabbing of all of my Read on »

Insulin, Brain Function And Alzheimer’s Disease - Is Insulin Resistance To Blame For Alzheimer’s? by Ralph S. Certified Nurse Specialist

Posted Mon 22 Sep 2008 10:54am By Ralph Sanchez, L.Ac.,CNS,D.Hom Insulin fulfills an indispensable role in your body’s utilization of blood sugar (glucose). In type 2 diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome, insulin’s function of glucose uptake into the body’s cells is impaired due to a resistance to insulin that develops over time. This insulin resistance pattern which defines Read on »

Berberine herb - effect on insulin sensitivity, insulin release by Dr. John Z. Medical Doctor

Posted Mon 03 Nov 2008 11:05am WJGnet.com - Berberine, the major active constituent of the Chinese herb Rhizoma Coptidis, has been used to treat diabetes for decades, showing obvious therapeutic actions with few reported side effects. The therapeutic actions of berberine on diabetes have been well studied. Previous researches show that berberine modulates cholesterol through inc ... Read on »