Gilbert, Ally launch Detroit Capital Hub for small business owners | Philanthropy news

The City of Detroit and the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC) have announced the launch of an online platform funded by the Gilbert Family Foundation and the Ally Foundation, to connect Detroit entrepreneurs and small business owners to local community development financial institutions (CDFIs).  Through the Detroit Capital Hub, participating lenders, including ProsperUS, the Opportunity […]

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Over Decades, A Healthy Lifestyle Outperforms Metformin in Preventing Onset of Type 2 Diabetes

In the early 2000s the U.S. Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), a large randomized clinical trial, showed that intensive lifestyle modification was better than a medication called metformin at preventing at-risk patients from developing Type 2 diabetes. In a newly completed follow-up study, a team of researchers including Vallabh “Raj” Shah, professor emeritus in The University […]

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