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Boosting protective immune cells may curb insulin resistance and prevent diabetes
Scientists have discovered a surprising new way the body can fight insulin resistance and diabetes – by boosting a special type of “good” immune cell in fat tissue. …
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Biomedical Advances
Boosting protective immune cells may curb insulin resistance and prevent diabetes
Scientists have discovered a surprising new way the body can fight insulin resistance and diabetes – by boosting a special type of “good” immune cell in fat tissue. …
Diet and Lifestyle
Intermittent fasting cut Crohn’s disease activity by 40 percent and halved inflammation in randomized clinical trial
A new randomized controlled study found that time-restricted feeding—a form of intermittent fasting—significantly reduced symptomatic disease activity and systemic inflammation in overweight or obese adults with Crohn’s disease. …
Preventive Medicine
Vitamin D deficiency increases risk of hospitalization from serious respiratory tract infections by 33 percent
Severe vitamin D deficiency is associated with a higher rate of hospitalization for respiratory tract infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia. …
