Dr. Mark Anthony Reed, MD Pediatrics Medicare: Medicare Enrolled Practice Location: 1221 Mercantile Ln, Largo, MD 20774 Phone: 301-618-5656 Fax: 301-618-5643 |
Dr. Lynn S Trombka, MD Pediatrics Medicare: Medicare Enrolled Practice Location: 1221 Mercantile Ln, Largo, MD 20774 Phone: 301-618-5500 |
Rashonda Dennis, Pediatrics Medicare: Medicare Enrolled Practice Location: 1221 Mercantile Ln Fl 3, Largo, MD 20774 Phone: 703-359-7878 |
Dr. Diana Lee Hong, MD Pediatrics Medicare: Not Enrolled in Medicare Practice Location: 1221 Mercantile Ln, Kaiser Permanente Largo Medical Center, Largo, MD 20774 Phone: 301-618-5500 |
Dr. Adrienne G Collier, MD Pediatrics Medicare: Medicare Enrolled Practice Location: 1221 Mercantile Ln, Largo, MD 20774 Phone: 013-938-5561 Fax: 016-185-6433 |
Dr. Harvey R Gold, MD Pediatrics Medicare: Not Enrolled in Medicare Practice Location: 1221 Mercantile Ln, Kaiser Permanente Largo Medical Center, Largo, MD 20774 Phone: 301-618-5500 |
Dr. Annette Dawn Bartley-satuyi, MD Pediatrics Medicare: Medicare Enrolled Practice Location: 1300 Caraway Ct Ste 106, Largo, MD 20774 Phone: 301-322-9500 Fax: 301-322-2227 |
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Impaired activation of mitochondrial energy metabolism in the presence of glucose has been demonstrated in pancreatic beta-cells from patients with type 2 diabetes. The cause of this dysfunction has been unknown. Publishing online in Endocrinology, Buck Institute assistant research professor Akos Gerencser, PhD, shows that in patients with type 2 diabetes the balance between supply and demand of the mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔψM) is altered causing a decrease in the signaling that turns on insulin secretion.
Phosphorous levels plummet in kidney disease patients who stick to a vegetarian diet, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology. The results suggest that eating vegetables rather than meat can help kidney disease patients avoid accumulating toxic levels of this mineral in their bodies.
By the time type 1 diabetes is diagnosed, most of the insulin-producing beta cells have already been destroyed.
The immune system is like a carefully regulated machine, complete with its own built-in "brakes" that prevent it from overreacting and causing excess inflammation in otherwise healthy tissues.
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