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Can the WW (Formerly Weight Watchers) Program Help People with Type 2 Diabetes?

Can the WW (Formerly Weight Watchers) Program Help People with Type 2 Diabetes?

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Maintaining Body Weight Won’t Save Colorectal Cancer Survivors

Maintaining Body Weight Won’t Save Colorectal Cancer Survivors

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Leanne Redman, Associate Executive Director for Scientific Education

Redman Named Associate Executive Director

Redman Named AED

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Bariatric Surgery Benefits Extend Across Socioeconomic Lines

Nonmedical factors drive up to 60 percent of health outcomes, and for people with type 2 diabetes (T2D), social determinants of health factors like poverty, food insecurity, and unstable housing can derail even the best treatment plans. Now, a long-term study led by investigators at Joslin Diabetes Center finds that bariatric metabolic surgery is more effective at glycemic and weight control than medical and lifestyle interventions for people with T2D, even in the setting of social vulnerability.

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NIH Will Fund Study of How the Brain and Fat Tissue Communicate

NIH Will Fund Study of How the Brain and Fat Tissue Communicate

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Science Moves Closer to Diet that Improves Metabolic Health  But Doesn’t Require Sharply Reducing Calorie Consumption

Science Moves Closer to Diet that Improves Metabolic Health But Doesn’t Require Sharply Reducing Calorie Consumption

Methionine Restricted Diet Advance

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New Study Offers COVID-19 Testing in Black Communities

New Study Offers COVID-19 Testing in Black Communities

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