Researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA have discovered how high glucose levels — whether caused by diabetes or other factors — keep heart cells from maturing normally. Their findings help explain why babies born to women with diabetes are more likely to develop congenital heart disease.

Researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA have discovered how high glucose levels — whether caused by diabetes or other factors — keep heart cells from maturing normally. Their findings help explain why babies born to women with diabetes are more likely to develop congenital heart disease.

  Children between the ages of 7-9 may be at greater risk for developing asthma if they consumed high amounts of fructose in early childhood or their mothers drank a lot of sugar-sweetened beverages while pregnant, according to new research published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

  Children between the ages of 7-9 may be at greater risk for developing asthma if they consumed high amounts of fructose in early childhood or their mothers drank a lot of sugar-sweetened beverages while pregnant, according to new research published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Nasreen Shekh escaped a life of subservience and squalor in her village in southern Nepal to chart her own course as a social entrepreneur in Kathmandu. Today, the 20-something (she doesn’t know her birth date or exact age), is the founder of Local Women’s Handicrafts, a fair trade textile business in Kathmandu, and the manager of the nonprofit women’s collective, LOCWOM. She has been written up in Forbes and the Huffington Post and served as a keynote speaker for Chicago Fair Trade’s Globalfest gala held recently.

Nasreen Shekh escaped a life of subservience and squalor in her village in southern Nepal to chart her own course as a social entrepreneur in Kathmandu. Today, the 20-something (she doesn’t know her birth date or exact age), is the founder of Local Women’s Handicrafts, a fair trade textile business in Kathmandu, and the manager of the nonprofit women’s collective, LOCWOM. She has been written up in Forbes and the Huffington Post and served as a keynote speaker for Chicago Fair Trade’s Globalfest gala held recently.