diabetes

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Study: Sitting In Workplace Ups Chronic Disease Risk

A Kansas State University researcher is adding to a growing body of research showing the health risks of spending a lot of time on your duff.

2013/02/20

New Recommendations Issued To Fight Childhood Diabetes

The AAP recommends giving insulin shots almost immediately in children who are diagnosed with markedly high glucose levels.

2013/01/29

Overnight America: January 23rd, 2013 – Niall Stanage, Noreen Clark

Political Reporter Niall Stanage from TheHill.com joined us to recap the Inauguration festivities, Cabinet confirmations, and the looming debt ceiling. Professor Noreen Clark from the University of Michigan School of Public Health joined Jon to […]

2013/01/23

Week Four: Better Decisions, Healthier Outcomes

This week Paul Reyes, Express Scripts Pharmacist, discusses new year’s resolutions, generics and chronic medical conditions.

2013/01/21

UMKC Researchers Find New Way of Administering Insulin

Researchers at the University of Missouri-Kansas City have found a way to use a beam of light instead of needles to inject insulin.

2013/01/02

Washington University Study Links Vitamin D, Clogged Arteries

The study found when Vitamin D levels in diabetics are low, a dangerous class of white blood cells is more likely to adhere to the walls of blood vessels.

2012/11/14

New Wash U Study Raises Questions About Effects Of Red Wine

Many people take the supplement resveratrol, the red wine ingredient thought to provide protection against diabetes, heart disease and cancer.

2012/10/26

Missouri Pharmacists Could Soon Have More Control

Patients with chronic diseases will be able to go to their pharmacist to adjust their medication instead of having to make an appointment with their doctor.

2012/09/05

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New iPad App Assesses Your Major Health Risks

Washington University researchers, led by Dr. Graham Colditz, have developed a free iPad app that offers a quick assessment for six major diseases.

2012/08/23

Washington University Researchers Uncover New Way to Treat Diabetes, Obesity

It all has to do with disabling the protein that turns white fat cells in our bodies – the fat which stores excess calories – into brown fat cells which help burn calories.

2012/08/03

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