- ►nih.gov RS Garofalo, SJ Orena, K Rafidi, AJ Torchia, … - Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2003 - Am Soc Clin Investig The serine/threonine kinase Akt/PKB plays key roles in the regulation of cell
growth, survival, and metabolism. It remains unclear, however, whether the
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- ►heartfile.org [PDF] S Nishtar - The Lancet, 2002 - Elsevier The great increase in rates of cardiovascular disease in developing countries
will probably have grave implications for south Asia, which houses nearly a
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MJ Davies, JR Tringham, J Troughton, KK … - Diabetic Medicine, 2004 - interscience.wiley.com Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a complex metabolic, multifactorial disease,
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- ►eur.nl [PDF] PJM Uitewaal, DR Manna, MA Bruijnzeels, … - Preventive Medicine, 2004 - Elsevier Results. Eighteen studies were identified. Corresponding findings were a high
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- ►alcoa.ca [PDF] D Raphael, S Anstice, K Raine, KR McGannon, … - Leadership in Health Services, 2003 - emeraldinsight.com This paper discusses the role played by social determinants of health in the
incidence and management of type 2 diabetes mellitus (diabetes) among vulnerable
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- Free from Publisher A Gokcel, AK Ozsahin, N Sezgin, H Karakose, … - Diabetes care, 2003 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESULTS—The crude prevalence of diabetes was 12.9% in men and 10.9% in women
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F Favier, I Jaussent, NL Moullec, X … - Diabetes research and clinical practice, 2005 - Elsevier La Réunion Island, a French overseas department in the Indian Ocean provides an
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JM Cruickshank - Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy, 2002 - Springer Summary. Type 2 diabetes is becoming very common and is closely linked to
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L Molyneaux, M Constantino, D Yue - Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism, 2004 - interscience.wiley.com Research design and methods: Data on family history of diabetes and age of
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MG Watve, CS Yajnik - BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2007 - biomedcentral.com We propose a hypothesis that insulin resistance is a socio-ecological adaptation
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