Obesity
We Know the Least About the Largest Growing Group of Diabetics
At least 50% of people 65 years old and over have diabetes or pre-diabetes, and the situation is expected to get worse. Not only are obesity rates rising, but the problem is compounded by the increasing insulin resistance and decrease in pancreatic islet function that develop as someone ages. Older adults with type 2 diabetes […]
Doctors test the power of the Rx pad to drive healthier food choices among diabetes patients
Eat healthy foods. This simple, straightforward advice is typically near the top of any doctor’s set of parting instructions. Today, Americans are more informed than ever about the likely pitfalls of a diet high in cholesterol, sodium and sugar. And for people living with diabetes, being ever mindful of diet guidelines is critical. Yet for […]
LabBook August 10, 2012
Welcome to LabBook, our weekly roundup of University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences research news from around campus and the world wide web. Each Friday, LabBook will recap the week on the blog, link to news stories about our faculty and studies, and briefly summarize a handful of recent publications by our researchers. This […]
Artificial Sweetener: Tastes Great, But Unfulfilling
Modern life is a junk food paradise, with a multitude of options for sweet or salty satisfaction available at the corner store. But humans haven’t always lived in such resource-rich environments, and our brains evolved at a time when finding sufficient food was the preeminent struggle in life. That has led some scientists to propose […]
The All-Out Assault On Diabetes
By Dianna Douglas Imagine your doctor says he plans to increase your oral medication to control your diabetes. You do not like taking pills. Should you: A. Not rock the boat with your doctor and agree to take the increased dosage? B. Agree, but keep taking the same number of pills? C. Try to discuss […]
Better Neighborhood, Better Health
Location, location, location. The three most important words in real estate turn out to be significant for health as well. In today’s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, a research team based at the University of Chicago show that low-income women with children who moved from high-poverty to lower-poverty neighborhoods experienced notable long-term […]
The Voice Inside Diabetes Photos
Almost everyone has experienced the boredom of sitting through someone’s vacation photos, forcing a wan smile as a friend hands you picture after picture of beaches, museums, and old buildings. But if you’ve been to the same destination as your friend, there’s an allure to seeing how their experience of a particular place compares to […]
Linkage 8/19: 1200 Patients, Stressed-Out Finches
The future of genetic medicine comes in many flavors, from the discovery of the rare mutations responsible for uncommon diseases to the cataloging of variants that may be responsible for common diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes. A segment from last night’s ABC 7 Chicago news focused on both aspects of this potential, […]
Medical Ethics Summer School
It has been a couple months since the end of the spring quarter, and the with it the end of many of the Medical Center’s weekly lecture series. But a recent batch of videos posted to the website of the MacLean Center for Medical Ethics brought a whiff of the school year to the dog […]
