Diabetes study finds that cutting nerves to the kidneys improves insulin resistance

Tuesday, November 1, 2016 - 11:01 in Health & Medicine

Incapacitating specific nerves to the kidneys improves the work of insulin on another organ, the liver, according to research from Cedars-Sinai recently published in the journal Diabetes. The liver metabolizes and produces glucose (sugar) that is used by the body for energy. However, in people with diabetes insulin secreted by the pancreas fails to normalize […]

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