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Mediterranean Diet Associated with Longevity Biomarker

Harvard researchers found that adherence to a Mediterranean diet was associated with longer telomeres, a biomarker of longevity… In a population based cohort study, researchers examined blood sample data from of 4,676 disease-free women from nested case-control studies within the Nurses’ Health Study who had had telomere length measured and …

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Niacin Benefits Kidney Mortality

The proportion of patients experiencing a rapid decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) can be decreased significantly with niacin, as can all-cause mortality… Elani Streja, PhD Chief investigator, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, commented on the study, stated, “Across all models of adjustment, patients who took niacin had …

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The Efficacy of Saxagliptin in Combination Therapy

Saxagliptin shows improved glycemic control when added to other classes of medications in type 2 diabetes patients… Saxagliptin is a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor that works by extending the half-life of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP). The medication can be used as monotherapy or in combination with …

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