Course HackDiabetes: The Essential FactsBy University of Copenhagen, Nicolai Jacob Wewer Albrechtsen
In a Nutshell
This online course from the University of Copenhagen covers the fundamentals of diabetes, such as the different types, those most at risk, and the role of diet and exercise.
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Thousands of researchers and medical doctors around the globe are daily working to achieve a better understanding of diabetes, which may help the prevention of it and offer novel treatment leading to maybe, who knows, a cure.
Nicolai Jacob Wewer Albrechtsen
Introduction
What is diabetes, and how do you treat it? For those at risk of developing diabetes, is it possible to prevent or delay it?
In Diabetes: The Essential Facts, Nicolai Jacob Wewer Albrechtsen from the University of Copenhagen lays out the basics of diabetes — the causes, lifestyle factors that play a role, and the likelihood of a cure in the future.
Albrechtsen is an associate professor at the University of Copenhagen's Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research.
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