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Diabetes & Obesity
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Impact of insulin pump under study Publish Date: 04-NOV-2008 02:48 PM Using an insulin pump to manage diabetes is more convenient than managing the disease with daily insulin injections. That much, physicians already know.
But the pump’s impact on the lives of diabetics and their primary caregivers is an important question that hasn’t been answered yet, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.
Green tea may delay onset of type 1 diabetes Publish Date: 23-OCT-2008 11:40 AM A powerful antioxidant in green tea may prevent or delay the onset of type 1 diabetes, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.
Compound that helps rice grow reduces nerve, vascular damage from diabetes Publish Date: 28-JUL-2008 09:51 AM Researchers have found that a compound that helps rice seed grow, springs back into action when brown rice is placed in water overnight before cooking, significantly reducing the nerve and vascular damage that often result from diabetes.
Dr. Dodani receives community service award Publish Date: 15-JUL-2008 08:40 AM Dr. Sunita Dodani, assistant dean for research in the Medical College of Georgia School of Nursing, has received a community service award for a program using churches to disseminate healthy lifestyle information.
Small protein may have big role in making more bone and less fat Publish Date: 01-JUL-2008 01:39 PM A small protein may have a big role in helping you make more bone and less fat, researchers say. "The pathways are parallel, and the idea is if you can somehow disrupt the fat production pathway, you will get more bone," says Dr. Xingming Shi, bone biologist at the Medical College of Georgia Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics.He's found the short-acting protein GILZ appears to make this desirable shift and wants to better understand how it does it with the long-term goal of targeted therapies for osteoporosis, obesity and maybe more.
Statistical tool could explain gene study variations Publish Date: 27-MAY-2008 02:45 PM While scientists are using the human genome to associate certain genes with disease, Dr. Hongyan Xu wants to ensure they are accounting for natural variations in those genes.
Diabetes prevention merges faith, fitness and community Publish Date: 05-MAY-2008 04:30 PM The pilot study of Fit Body & Soul, a 12-week faith-based intervention program to promote behavioral lifestyle change through weight loss, physical activity and good nutrition in African-American churches, concluded Saturday at Gospel Water Branch Baptist Church in Evans, Ga. The 40 participants lost a total 882 pounds.
Dr. McIndoe named GRA Distinguished Investigator Publish Date: 29-APR-2008 02:15 PM Dr. Richard A. McIndoe, associate director of the Medical College of Georgia Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine and associate professor of pathology in the MCG School of Medicine, has been named Georgia Research Alliance Distinguished Investigator for 2008.
