Elevated concentrations of glucose in blood stimulate release of insulin, and insulin acts on cells thoughout the body to stimulate uptake, utilization and storage of glucose. The effects of insulin on glucose metabolism vary depending on the target tissue. Two important effects are:
Teresa Heinz, the wife of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and heir to a ketchup company fortune, has been flown by private jet from Nantucket to Boston for further treatment after having a seizure while on holiday at her family's vacation home.
Teresa Heinz not a big winner in Buffett deal. Teresa Heinz Kerry may carry the Heinz (HNZ) name but she's not going to be able to cash in on the company's $28 billion sale. That's because Heinz Kerry holds, at most, a negligible stake of less than 1%, according to analysts. Neither the Heinz family nor its trusts are named in any public filings. Heinz Kerry, the wife of Secretary of State John Kerry, inherited her stake after her husband, H. John Heinz, died in 1991.