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Type 2 diabetes is happening more frequently in children, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Type 2 diabetes, often associated with obesity, is turning up much more frequently in kids since the Covid-19 pandemic began. That’s according to Sheela Magge, a childhood diabetes expert at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues. Sheela Magge: We compared the first …
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Why do we need a model to predict how our stomachs will handle medicines taken by mouth? Elizabeth Tracey reports
There is a best body position to maximize the effectiveness of pills, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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You’ve probably heard that you should always sit upright when you take a pill for the quickest metabolism, right? Now results from a stomach modeling program called StomachSim, developed by Johns Hopkins engineer Rajat Mittal and colleagues, says there is …
Your stomach plays a central role in how effectively pills are delivered to your body, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Can a model of the stomach predict how well new medicines might work? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Salt substitution is your diet is much easier if you’re in charge of the food, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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You can reduce your blood pressure and therefore your chances of a heart attack or stroke by substituting some of the table salt, or sodium chloride in your diet with potassium chloride, two recent studies demonstrate. Johns Hopkins cardiologist Seth …