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Ann Arbor YMCA Offers Chronic Disease Prevention & Management

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Sep 18, 2014 0

THIS FALL, THE Ann Arbor YMCA will offer an expanded schedule of Chronic Disease Prevention and Management programs, including: Livestrong® at the YMCA, Enhance®Fitness, Pedaling for Parkinson’s and the YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program.…

Featured

Could the Google Lens Make Checking Blood Glucose as Easy as Blinking?

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Aug 11, 2014 0

by Patricia Dao GOOGLE IS BEST known for software products such as Search, Gmail, and Maps. But the company’s top-secret research and development team, Google X, has been laser-focused on incubating unique “moonshot” ideas and products…

Health/Science

Apple, Google, Samsung Race to Bring Health Apps to Wearables

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 1, 2014 0

by Christina Farr FOR DECADES, MEDICAL technology firms have searched for ways to let diabetics check blood sugar easily, with scant success. Now, the world’s largest mobile technology firms are getting in on the act. Apple Inc,…

Columns

New Study Suggests Eating Meat & Cheese May Be As Bad As Smoking

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 31, 2014 0

by Suzanne Wu THAT CHICKEN WING you’re eating could be as deadly as a cigarette. In a new study that tracked a large sample of adults for nearly two decades, researchers have found that eating a diet rich in animal proteins during middle…

Columns

What’s Behind ‘Grain Brain’: Are Glutens and Carbs Wrecking Our Brains and Our Health?

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Nov 29, 2013 0

by Ari LaVaux CELIAC disease is widely known to cause digestive problems. That’s just the tip of the iceberg, according to the book Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain’s Silent Killers, by David…