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WBUR’s RadioBoston highlights UMMS diabetes study

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Ira Ockene, MD

Ira Ockene, MD, the Barbara D. Milliken Professor of Preventive Cardiology and professor of medicine, was interviewed on 90.9 WBUR’s RadioBoston Tuesday, Dec. 20, on the recently published findings of UMass Medical School’s Lawrence Latino Diabetes Prevention Project. Ockene, principal investigator of the study, explained to host Meghna Chakrabarti how the modest weight loss by participants was enough to significantly lower their risk of diabetes.