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NIH Record  
Vol. LXIV, No. 24
  November 23, 2012
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Langevin Explains Emerging Science of Connective Tissue
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‘Sugar & Strife’
During Diabetes Month, NIH’er Shares Personal Journey

Diabetes struck the Warren household twice in less than 5 months; first Ivori (r) was diagnosed, then her husband Kevin.

Diabetes struck the Warren household twice in less than 5 months; first Ivori (r) was diagnosed, then her husband Kevin.

Photo: Michael Clark

Ivori Lipscomb-Warren, an NIA management analyst, was 35 years old when she experienced a range of symptoms that landed her in the local ER. Diagnosis? Type 2 diabetes.

Two days before, Lipscomb-Warren had felt unusually tired, lacking her normal energy. She’d stayed in bed that weekend to rest. Being bedridden was not the norm for this woman of many roles—wife, employee, doctoral student, events planner and active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.

Arming herself with information, she began a battle to free herself of both diabetes symptoms and medication. Lipscomb-Warren lost weight, exercised more, regularly checked her glucose levels and educated herself and her family about the disorder.
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Authority on Running Explains Science Behind Technique

Dr. Mark Cucuzzella

Dr. Mark Cucuzzella

There is a basic science to running that has been ignored and unappreciated, except for a growing cadre of runners who, largely educated by a glowing article by Christopher McDougall in the New York Times Magazine and by his book Born To Run, have become mentees of Dr. Mark Cucuzzella.

A former Air Force flight surgeon (and current reservist) who does his clinical work and research in the field of childhood obesity, Cucuzzella, 46, a professor at West Virginia University’s department of family medicine, has devoted his midlife to “teaching running as a skill.” He visited NIH on Oct. 17 to give a 2-hour outdoor seminar condensing decades of physiological, anatomical and practical knowledge.
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