Word: joslin
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...tree no longer grows on Grant Street. The tree—which stood near Leverett Towers—was cut down yesterday after a report from City of Cambridge arborist Kelly Writer pronounced the tree a danger to public safety, according to Alan Joslin, a member of the Riverside Oversight Committee. “It was decided that by virtue of the condition of the tree, the tree produced a presence of danger and it is to be removed,” Joslin said last night at a meeting of the Riverside Oversight Committee, a watchdog group that advises...
...food and living a less active lifestyle, people born with that genetic pedigree are perfectly primed for diabetes. "It's not simply that Western food is causing diabetes but that different body types, influenced by genes, respond to the same food differently," says Dr. William Hsu of the Joslin Diabetes Center. With no famine, these genes continue to convert food into glucose and fat. Excess glucose levels build up gradually in the blood, and insulin, which normally keeps glucose levels in check, can't keep up. After years of this metabolic treadmill, diabetes can develop...
Most doctors, however, believe synthetic insulin is the gold standard for treating Type 1 diabetes and consider the debate over animal vs. human insulin a nonissue. Dr. Richard Jackson of the Joslin Diabetes Center questions IDDT's claims and says randomized studies comparing animal and human insulins have shown no additional benefit from using the animal product...
...crews will not be working as late into the evenings. But committee members said that this showed a blatant disrespect for the needs of the neighborhood. They added that University officials had previously said Saturday work would decrease after the completion of the first phase of construction. Alan Joslin, another committee member, said that Harvard wasdisregarding the interests of residents. “Harvard is making that decision full well, knowing that the community is bearing the brunt of it,” he said. Cambridge City Councillor Marjorie C. Decker, who also sits on the committee, said that...
...think he’s had aspirations for this position for quite some time,” Joslin says. “And he’s been building his qualifications for quite a while...