By Randy Dotinga
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

THURSDAY, March 20 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have gained new insight into the workings of insulin, potentially laying the groundwork for an anti-aging treatment.

THURSDAY, March 6 (HealthDay News) -- Chronically high blood glucose levels disable the molecular switch that normally turns off sugar production in the liver in response to increasing insulin levels, a California study finds.

By Amanda Gardner
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Women with type 1 diabetes who take less insulin than they should to try to lose weight triple their risk of dying compared to women who do not skip insulin doses, a new study finds.

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have found a way to convert human embryonic stem (ES) cells into cells that release insulin in response to glucose and ease a diabetes-like condition in mice, a new study says.

Further research and development of this technique could lead to a renewable source of cells for treatment of people with diabetes, according to Emmanuel Baetge, of Novocell Inc., in San Diego, and colleagues, who published their work online in the current issue of Nature Biotechnology.