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Monthly Archive for May, 2011

Lucas van Leyden barber-surgeon

History of Medicine

From Haircuts to Hangnails – The Barber-Surgeon

May 6, 2011 | By Elizabeth Roberts, MA, CPC | 3 Comments

Imagine your monthly beauty routine. Perhaps you go to the salon and get a manicure and pedicure, or to the hairstylist for a cut and dye. Every six months you go to a dentist to have your teeth cleaned and examined, and to the doctor once a year for your physical exam. Three hundred years ago, your routine would have been much the same, except for one thing. It would all have been done at the barbershop.

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Insulin vials and syringe

Neuroscience & Neurology

Alzheimer’s Disease and Insulin Resistance

May 3, 2011 | By Jennifer Gibson, PharmD | 2 Comments

For years, researchers have noted a connection between conditions of impaired insulin use and regulation, such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, and Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), but the mechanism of association has not been well-defined. Now, researchers report that proteins that influence the development and progression of AD are suppressed by insulin, encouraging new treatment strategies for AD.

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