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Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes Trial
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- ACCORD
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Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) was a large clinical trial examining methods of lowering the rate of cardiovascular disease in adults with type two diabetes. The study was composed of three main clinical trials: an intensive lowering of blood sugar levels (Glycemia Trial), intensive lowering of blood pressure (Blood Pressure Trial), and treatment of multiple blood lipids...
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Chronic Disease
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- Lois Katz
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Diabetes Research, Education, and Action for Minorities
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- DREAM
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- Nadia S. IslamLaura WyattChau Trinh-Shevrin
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The DREAM (Diabetes Research, Education, and Action for Minorities) Project is a community-based participatory research study designed to improve diabetes control and diabetes-related health complications among Bangladeshis living with Type 2 diabetes in New York City. A pilot intervention was conducted in 2010 (non-randomized), followed by a full intervention from 2011 to 2016. The pilot intervention...
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Chronic DiseaseHealth Care SystemHealth StatusPopulation Characteristics
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Electrophysiological Activity and Interstitial Glucose Concentrations Links Disparate Functions of the Hippocampus
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- David TingleyKathryn McClainEkin KayaJordan Carpenter1 more author(s)...
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Hippocampus has been involved in both cognitive and endocrine functions. This study measured electrophysiological activity from the hippocampus and interstitial glucose concentrations in the body of freely behaving rats to identify an activity pattern that may link these disparate functions of the hippocampus. For this study, they used adult Long Evans rats. During the experiment, rats were recorded...
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Neuroscience
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- Free to All
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NYU Dataset
Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America Study
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- MASALA
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- Alka KanayaNamratha KandulaNadia S. Islam
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The Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) Study examines risk factors for heart disease among South Asians of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Nepali, and Sri Lankan descent in the United States to guide preventative measures and future treatments. Beginning in 2010, eligible South Asian participants between the ages of 40 and 80 were recruited from the San Francisco...
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Chronic DiseaseGenomicsMental HealthPopulation CharacteristicsRisk Factors
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