diabetes
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November 13, 2020
$7.37M grant aids creation of new diabetes research center
Through its Elizabeth Weiser Caswell Diabetes Institute, Michigan Medicine and JDRF announced a grant from JDRF of $7.37 million that will help establish the JDRF Center of Excellence at U-M.
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October 21, 2020
Study identifies those at higher risk of COVID-19 hospitalization
Black patients and people with type 2 diabetes or kidney disease and living in high-population density areas are associated with higher risk for COVID-19 hospitalization, a new U-M study shows.
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August 31, 2020
Those at risk for diabetes eligible for free prevention program
U-M faculty, staff and retirees with higher-than-normal blood sugar can participate in a free diabetes prevention program if enrolled in Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network health plans.
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August 31, 2020
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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June 15, 2020
$30M gift to fund Elizabeth Weiser Caswell Diabetes Institute
Regent Ron Weiser and his wife, Eileen, have committed $30 million to U-M for diabetes research and the development of life-changing diabetes therapies at Michigan Medicine, in collaboration with other schools and units.
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January 22, 2018
Get a healthy start to 2018 with a prediabetes screening
MHealthy and the Benefits Office are teaming up to encourage every faculty and staff member to take a one-minute prediabetes risk test to start off a healthy 2018.
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November 4, 2016
U-M, MSU, Flint partners to help students explore risk factors for diabetes
U-M will join Michigan State University and community partners in Flint to help young people and their families understand what factors put them at risk for type 2 diabetes.
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July 25, 2016
Faculty, staff lose weight, boost health through diabetes prevention
More than 240 faculty, staff and their dependents have joined the Diabetes Prevention Program through U-M Premier Care to lose weight and improve their health in the past year.
