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Diabetics and Heart Risk

January 19th, 2008 · No Comments

The Health 24 reports, a study in European Heart Journal revealed that "We found that the positive association between diabetes and (heart disease) mortality was consistently stronger in women than in men, resulting in a substantial reduction in the mortality gap between genders that is usually observed," the investigators write. Diabetes could cause more rapid […]

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Type 1 Diabetes Triggered By ‘Lazy’ Regulatory T-cells

January 17th, 2008 · No Comments

The Science Daily writes about Type 1 Diabetes “Regulatory CD4+ T-cells, whose development and function is dictated by the Foxp3 gene in mice and humans, “have the primary function of pouring a cold shower on inflammatory responses,” explained Dr. Piccirillo. “They suppress and regulate the function of various immune responses to microbes, tumors, allergens and […]

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