"By measuring ceramides in this population, we believe we have detected an important biomarker that can be reliably used to better predict the course of type 2 diabetes among patients who undergo ...

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 ...

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 ...

An enzyme that fine-tunes the structure of ceramide lipid molecules could represent a promising new target for metabolic disorders including prediabetes, diabetes, and heart disease, according to a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Share on Pinterest A new review outlines the role of ceramides in cardiovascular risk. Scharvik/Getty Images Ceramides are fatty molecules that health experts associate with cardiovascular disease.

A small chemical change -- shifting the position of two hydrogen atoms -- makes the difference between mice that are healthy or that have insulin resistance and fatty liver, major risk factors for ...

The test, which measures blood levels of ceramides, a waxy, fat-like substance similar to cholesterol, can also be used to assess the likelihood that a gastric bypass patient will have a recurrence of ...