Jack C. Yu, Georgia Health Sciences University (IMAGE)

Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

Jack C. Yu, Georgia Health Sciences University

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Dr. Jack C. Yu, Chief of the Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Health Sciences University, has discovered, along with other researchers, that daily sessions of whole-body vibration may combat prediabetes in adolescents, dramatically reducing inflammation, average blood glucose levels and symptoms such as frequent urination.

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Photos by Phil Jones, GHSU Photographer

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