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Several universities, along with the National Institutes of Health, are testing the abilities of salsalate to control diabetes. Salsalate is an aspirin-like drug used to treat arthiritis and was discovered in 1876 to have beneficial effects on patients with diabetes as well.
TULANE (US)—Can an old drug perform new wonders? A team of researchers at Tulane and Harvard universities is partnering with the National Institutes of Health to test the abilities of salsalate, an inexpensive generic drug, to control diabetes. Continue…
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The skinny on why some battle the bulge
The Tulane University study aims to characterize the genetic relationships between race, gender, and obesity, according to Tina Thethi, assistant professor of endocrinology and principal investigator.
