(July 23, 2010 - Insidermedicine)

From New York – According to a report published in Cell, scientists have discovered that bone resorption regulates blood sugar. Researchers found that when skeleton regrowth triggers destruction of old bone, it also stimulates the body to release insulin and thereby improve glucose uptake. These results could lead to a new target in the fight against diabetes.

From  Michigan – African and African American women are more likely to develop high risk breast cancer, according to a report published in Cancer. Researchers compared over 500 African American  and 75 African breast cancer patients  with over 1000 white American breast cancer patients  They found that 82% of the African women 26% of the African American women had triple negative breast cancer, compared with only 16% of the white American women.

And finally, from the Netherlands – Scientists may be close to a blood test for depression, according to a report published in Biological Psychiatry. Researchers compared unmedicated major depressive disorder patients to healthy controls, finding that an experimental blood test was able to identify seven genes that could distinguish the depressed patients from the controls.