Savvy Update,5/27/19: Kidney Disease Enzymes and Protein Markers, Lifescan CGM
Study identifies enzymes that prevent diabetic kidney disease, from Joslin Diabetes Center, 20 May 2019. This study has proven that certain biological protective factors play a large role in preventing diabetic kidney disease in certain people. The study was...
Savvy Eating, 5/22/19: OUTSTANDING Culinary Medicine Elective for Medical School Students
Medical students at the University of California, Irvine are learning about nutrition and simple culinary techniques (I learned how to hold a knife and chop), as well as venturing into the kitchen for hands-on cooking classes! I was invited to attend a session...
Do-It-Yourself Devices and FDA Warning … and Some Truths
FDA Warns People with Diabetes and Health Care Providers Against the Use of Devices for Diabetes Management Not Authorized for Sale in the United States The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning against the use of unauthorized...
Savvy Updates 5/20/19: Semma and Stem Cells, Beta Cell Proliferation, Auxulin to Reduce BG, Predictive BG Modeling, Heart Rate Variability and Hypos
Semma reports advances in turning stem cells into insulin producers, reported by Arlene Weintraub for FierceBiotech.com, 10 May 2019. Harvard University scientist Douglas Melton started Semma Therapeutics in 2017, to take undifferentiated pluripotent stem cells...
Savvy Eats 5/15/2019: Soy, Food and moods, Plant-based Meat a $1 Billion Industry and Growing
Let’s take a look at SOY … Soy: To Fear or Not to Fear? Learn what the latest science says about soy safety, according to Dr. Chana Davis (PhD scientist at Stanford University in genetics and writes a blog called FueledbyScience.com) for...
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