Blood levels of ceramides, a waxy, fat-like substance similar to cholesterol, could help physicians predict which patients will have diabetes remission after gastric bypass surgery, according to ...

Overall, the scientists found that low ceramide levels prior to gastric bypass surgery predicted which patients would achieve remission of the diabetes two years later. Of the 67 gastric bypass ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A ceramide-containing skin care regimen was associated with greater than 90% improvement and patient ...

Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease are preceded by metabolic alterations. A current study by the DZD and DIfE indicates that specific lipid molecules (ceramides*), which are produced when the ...

HealthDay News — High ceramide levels may increase diabetes risk, while low levels could protect against the disease, according to findings from an experimental study published online November 3 in ...

New research has uncovered a surprising culprit underlying cardiovascular diseases in obesity and diabetes -- not the presence of certain fats, but their suppression. The study challenges the ...

In 1981, Jerry Summers learned by phone that his mother was likely to die in the next few days. He jumped in the car and drove from his Indiana home to Illinois. There he spent the next week in the ...

For years, scientists have known that someone who is thin could still end up with diabetes. Yet an obese person may be surprisingly healthy. Now, new research led by scientists at the University of ...

Therapeutics that target lipids called ceramides might hold potential for treating cardiometabolic disease, argues a review article published November 5th in the journal Trends in Pharmacological ...

Overall, the scientists found that low ceramide levels prior to gastric bypass surgery predicted which patients would achieve remission of the diabetes two years later. Of the 67 gastric bypass ...

A newly developed test could help doctors more accurately predict whether individuals who undergo gastric bypass surgery will experience a remission of type 2 diabetes within two years of the ...