Dr. Kim M Huffman MD, PHD
Rheumatologist | Rheumatology
5213 S Alston Ave Durham NC, 27713Rating
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Dr. Kim Huffman is a rheumatologist practicing in Durham, NC. Dr. Huffman specializes in the treatment of musculoskeletal diseases and systematic autoimmune conditions that can affect the bones, muscles or bones. Eventually, if not treated, these illnesses can also impact the skin, eyes, nervous system and internal organs. Dr. Huffman treats diseases similar to orthopedists but does not perform surgery. Often times, research is conducted to find potential alternatives for the patients illness.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Dietary carbohydrate intake and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in at-risk women and men.
- Relationships between adipose tissue and cytokine responses to a randomized controlled exercise training intervention.
- Effects of exercise training intensity on pancreatic beta-cell function.
- Myostatin decreases with aerobic exercise and associates with insulin resistance.
- Plasma acylcarnitines are associated with physical performance in elderly men.
- Control arms in exercise training studies: transitioning from an era of intervention efficacy to one of comparative clinical effectiveness research.
- Relations of a marker of endothelial activation (s-VCAM) to function and mortality in community-dwelling older adults.
- Effects of aerobic vs. resistance training on visceral and liver fat stores, liver enzymes, and insulin resistance by HOMA in overweight adults from STRRIDE AT/RT.
- Critical appraisal of four IL-6 immunoassays.
- Enhanced fitness: a randomized controlled trial of the effects of home-based physical activity counseling on glycemic control in older adults with prediabetes mellitus.
- Community-based HCV screening: knowledge and attitudes in a high risk urban
- Alpha C-telopeptide of type I collagen is associated with subchondral bone turnover and predicts progression of joint space narrowing and osteophytes in osteoarthritis.
- Adipose depots, not disease-related factors, account for skeletal muscle insulin sensitivity in established and treated rheumatoid arthritis.
- The effects of aerobic, resistance, and combination training on insulin sensitivity and secretion in overweight adults from STRRIDE AT/RT: a randomized trial.
- Physical therapy vs. internet-based exercise training (PATH-IN) for patients with knee osteoarthritis: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial.
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