Does Your Health Insurer Help With Type 2 Diabetes Treatment? Some insurance companies are offering innovative programs that can teach you how to live better with type 2 diabetes. By Hedy Marks, MPH Medically reviewed by Pat F. Bass III, MD, MPH More and more health insurance companies are taking a proactive approach to control escalating health [...]
The hormone leptin, naturally produced by fat cells and long known to play an important role in regulating appetite and fat metabolism, may prove to be successful in treating Type 2 diabetes, a disease that affects more than 21 million people in the United States, reports a team of scientists led by researchers at [...]
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No Comments »Diabetes, obesity driven, in part, by brain chemistry The brain’s hypothalamus plays a key role in obesity and one of its major complications – type 2 diabetes. Nerve cells in the hypothalamus detect nutrients and hormones circulating in the blood and then coordinate a complex series of behavioral and physiological responses to maintain a balance [...]
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