Diabetes
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Stress hormone impacts memory, learning in diabetic rodents
Diabetes is known to impair the cognitive health of people, but now scientists have identified one potential mechanism underlying these learning and memory problems. A new National Institutes of Health (NIH) study in diabetic rodents finds that increased levels of a stress hormone produced by the adrenal gland disrupt the healthy functioning of the hippocampus, the region of the brain responsible for learning and short-term memory.
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Depression May Trigger Diabetes In Older Adults
Chronic depression or depression that worsens over time may cause diabetes in older adults, according to new Northwestern University research. An estimated 2 million older adults suffer from clinical depression, the second highest incidence of any age group. People 65 and older also have the highest prevalence of Type 2 diabetes. This is the first national study to suggest that depression alone—and not lifestyle factors like being overweight --can trigger Type 2 diabetes in adults 65 and older, a population with a high prevalence of diabetes and depression.
Sunday, April 22, 2007
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Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Long work hours ‘can lead to diabetes’
Spending more than 60 hours a week at work doubles the risk of diabetes among young and middle-aged women, new research has found. Working long hours increases stress levels and those who put in more than 60 hours a week doubled the chances of getting Type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the condition. And women who work 40 hours a week or more increase the risk by nearly 50 per cent compared to those who put in between 21 and 40 hours week. Single women were found to be more at risk than married women, because they worked the longer hours, drank more and smoked more, according to the report.
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Job Burnout May Make People More Prone to Developing Diabetes
An Israeli study suggests that people who suffer from job burnout may be prone to developing a form of diabetes. The research, apparently the first of its kind, doesn’t definitively confirm a link between workplace stress and diabetes. But it does suggest that burnout could boost the risk of illness by a “magnitude similar to other risk factors, such as high body mass index, smoking and lack of physical exercise,” said study lead author Samuel Melamed, an associate professor at Tel Aviv University in Israel.
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Monday, October 30, 2006
Diabetics often suffer depression. Depressed people often get diabetes. Why?
Millions of Americans face a two-headed beast—diabetes and depression—that gnaws at them from the inside out. The struggle of coping with diabetes feeds deep sadness. Depression gets in the way of dieting, exercising, and even taking the medicines that can control diabetes. The resulting downward spiral can make the depression unrelenting, increase diabetic complications, and more than double the risk of death, according to a growing body of research.
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Hostility and stress predict insulin resistance
Individuals with high stress and high hostility levels have an increased risk of developing insulin resistance, which occurs when the body’s response to insulin begins to slow down and blood sugar levels begin to rise. People with insulin resistance have a high risk of developing diabetes. Previous research has shown that insulin resistance is associated with stress and certain personality factors, including hostility. However, the association between hostility and insulin resistance has been inconsistent, Dr. Jianping Zhang explained to Reuters Health.
Monday, July 03, 2006
Our natural instinct to heal
No more Freud. No more Prozac. French psychiatrist David Servan-Schreiber shows how the body can heal stress, anxiety and depression.
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Friday, March 03, 2006
Heart disease and diabetes linked to stress in the office
People who suffer from chronic stress caused by their job are more likely to develop heart disease and diabetes, according to research. It has long been suggested that stress can damage your health, but scientific evidence has been hard to come by. However, researchers writing in this week’s British Medical Journal say they have evidence “for the biological plausibility of the link”.
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Thursday, October 06, 2005
Mom’s stress may trigger diabetes in kids
Children of women who experience stressful adverse life events appear to be prone to develop type 1 diabetes,which arises when the immune system erroneously attacks and destroys the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. The thinking is that kids become stressed too, raising their level of the stress hormone cortisol. This could lead to insulin resistance, which in turn may stress the insulin-producing beta cells and thereby trigger a diabetes-related autoimmune reaction in genetically predisposed children.
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Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Stress at work can give women diabetes: Swedish study
Women who experience stress and a lack of control over their situation at work risk developing diabetes, a Swedish researcher conducting a study on the issue said.
Thursday, February 10, 2005
Family Stress Linked to Diabetes in Children
Psychological strain within families may help trigger diabetes-related autoimmunity in infants, as well as accelerate the progression of the disease in children who are already diagnosed with diabetes, according to new study findings. Moreover, researchers found that this association is seen even in families without a history of diabetes.
Tuesday, August 31, 2004
Mental Distress Raises Heart Disease Risk in Patients with Diabetes
Even without the burden of psychological distress, people with diabetes are already more vulnerable to cardiovascular disease. Compared to those without the disease, deaths from heart disease are more than twice as high in men with diabetes and almost three times as high in women making it particularly important to reduce the impact of psychological distress, according to the study.
Friday, July 09, 2004
How Teens Face Stress May Affect Diabetes Control
The approach teenage diabetics take to coping with problems may help determine how well they manage their disease, according to a new study.
Monday, June 07, 2004
Depression-driven diabetes or diabetes-driven depression: The chicken and the egg
Increasing amount of evidence suggests more than a simple “emotive” relationship between depression and diabetes. There is strong evidence that relationships exist between diabetes and depression, but the mechanisms underlying these relationship have not been fully identified.