Monday, September 30, 2024

Blending Hispanic food & health

Discover how traditional Hispanic foods fit into a diabetes-friendly lifestyle.

We're thrilled to invite you to listen to our latest podcast episode, Flavors of Tradition: Embracing Culture in the Diabetes Journey. This episode is a celebration of heritage, health, and the joy of food, featuring two remarkable guests who are revolutionizing the way we think about diabetes and nutrition.

Meet our guests:

Marina Chaparro, RD, CDCES, MPH: Founder of Nutrichicos, a bilingual nutrition practice, Marina shares her personal journey with type 1 diabetes and her expert insights on integrating the foods you love into a diabetes-friendly lifestyle.
Stacey Krawczyk: The director of nutrition at the American Diabetes Association^®, Stacey brings a wealth of knowledge about the foundational aspects of nutrition and diabetes.

What you'll learn:

The key elements of nutrition recommendations for people living with diabetes.
The prevalence of diabetes in the Hispanic/Latino community and the influential role family plays in diabetes care.
Practical strategies for incorporating traditional Hispanic foods into a healthy diabetes meal plan.
The importance of meal patterns and how to use the Diabetes Plate.

This episode is not just about managing diabetes, it's about celebrating life, culture, and the foods that bring us joy.

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Friday, September 27, 2024

Defining the Goals of HIV Science Through 2034

Friday, September 27, 2024

Defining the Goals of HIV Science Through 2034

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Colorized scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1 particles (teal) on a human lymphocyte (pink) grown in cell culture. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Credit: NIAID

Every seven years, NIAID engages HIV research partners, community representatives, and other public health stakeholders to evaluate its HIV clinical research enterprise and inform future investments. The Institute envisions its next HIV clinical research networks maintaining support for core discovery and translational research. They must also provide multidisciplinary leadership and draw from effective partnerships at all levels to reflect an increasing interdependence across clinical practice areas and public health contexts. NIAID continues to welcome feedback on these priorities.

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Thursday, September 26, 2024

The Eyes Have it: A Functional Role for Prion Protein

Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024

This image shows the outer layer of a mouse retina. Normal prion protein (magenta) is visible at the base of photoreceptor terminals, called cone pedicles (green). Specialized synapses are shown in yellow. The nuclei of photoreceptors are in blue above the synapses, and in blue below the synapses are bipolar cells. The cone pedicles relay information about detected light to other retinal nerve cells, which carry the information to the brain where images are constructed. The new study found that prion protein is necessary for the normal operation of the retinal synapses. Credit: NIAID

In the early 1980s, scientists identified clumps of abnormal, misfolded prion protein in mammals as the cause of brain-wasting diseases, now called prion diseases. Human prion diseases include Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, fatal familial insomnia and kuru; animal prion diseases include scrapie in sheep and chronic wasting disease in cervids. Since identifying prion protein, researchers have struggled to answer: What do they do? A new study published in iScience from NIAID scientists at Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Montana, and colleagues provides details of how prion protein functions in the retina of mouse eyes, helping them respond to light. The researchers believe the prion protein must be present for rods and cones to function normally. The team hopes these findings help colleagues who study prion diseases better understand what might occur in humans when natural forms of prion protein are therapeutically removed. New treatment strategies for prion diseases focus on using drugs that remove natural prion protein to eliminate the potential for misfolding and clumping. The findings also could extend to other protein-related neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's (amyloid beta protein) and Parkinson's diseases (alpha synuclein protein).

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Wednesday, September 25, 2024

American Heart Association: Measure of body roundness may help to predict risk of cardiovascular disease

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September 25, 2024
Measure of body roundness may help to predict risk of cardiovascular disease

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Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Diabetes can hurt you heart and lungs

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Diabetes-Related Complications

Diabetes impacts many parts of your body, including your heart and lungs. Let’s work together to fight to end this deadly disease.

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As we approach World Lung Day on September 25 and World Heart Day on September 29, it’s important to recognize the connection between diabetes and how it can affect your lungs and heart. Raised blood glucose levels harm the blood vessels in the heart and other organs in your body. And diabetes can lower your body’s ability to fight infections, including those in your lungs. Complications of diabetes can be life-threatening, which why being able to manage diabetes well and our fight to end diabetes is more vital than ever.

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