Tag: diabetes
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Christian Holscher, Lancaster University – Cognitive Medications
Can drugs used to treat diabetes also help patients with other cognitive diseases? Christian Holscher, professor of neuroscience at Lancaster University, explains how his research into insulin may help more people than previously thought. Professor Holscher is Professor of Neuroscience at the department of Biomedical Sciences and Life Sciences at Lancaster University, England. He did…
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Lisa Chasan-Taber, UMass Amherst – Gestational Diabetes
What can gestational diabetes tell us? Lisa Chasan-Taber, professor of epidemiology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is studying gestational diabetes and how it manifests itself later in life. Lisa Chasan-Taber is a reproductive epidemiologist and an internationally recognized expert on physical activity during pregnancy. She has spent the past 15 years actively leading national…
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Geoff Ball, University of Alberta – Metabolically Healthy Obesity
UAlberta research shows: a study of 181 children with obesity aged eight to 17 years old showed that up to a third could be classified as “metabolically healthy,” meaning they’re not imminently at risk of developing insulin resistance—a precursor to Type 2 diabetes—high blood pressure, high cholesterol or other obesity-related diseases. This study was originally…