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 Kerry makes first public appearance since seizure â at Syria hearing. Teresa Heinz Kerry and her husband US Secretary of State John Kerry listen during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of Secretary of State John Kerry, made her first public appearance Tuesday since suffering a seizure in July. She sat in the row behind her husband as he testified Tuesday afternoon at a U.S. Senate hearing on potential military action against Syria.