Following a low-carbohydrate diet can potentially support patients manage their disease more effectively and reduce their apply of medications. Test: Effect of a carbohydrate-restricted diet on β-cell response in adults with type 2 diabetes. Photo credit: Dulin/Shutterstock.com In a recent study published in Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & MetabolismA group of researchers assessed the effects […]
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences, a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded Yubing Sun, associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, a $1.9 million Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award to support her exploration of the fundamental principles behind the process of closing injury- or […]
There is still much to learn about how doxorubicin, a 50-year-old chemotherapy drug, causes its most worrisome side effects. Although it has saved many lives, the treatment sometimes causes heart damage that stiffens the heart and puts a subset of patients at risk for future heart failure. To better understand and potentially control such complications, […]
