|
|
Other links at Articles > Diabetes and Endocrinology |
| 4. |
Americans Are Getting Fatter, and So Are Their Livers
|
|
|
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is reaching epidemic proportions in the United States, an increase spurred mainly by obesity, putting people at risk for liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, and liver cancer. Medscape Medical News
|
| 5. |
Statins Seen to Have No Direct Effect on Insulin Action
|
|
|
In a study of non-obese type 2 diabetic patients, high-dose simvastatin therapy markedly reduced LDL cholesterol, as expected, but did not directly improve whole-body or hepatic insulin sensitivity or intracellular lipid deposition, researchers found. Reuters Health Information
|
|
|
