In the last post, I reviewed a study by Gerald Reaven's group showing that insulin resistance strongly predicts the risk of cardiovascular disease over a 5-year period. In 2001, Reaven's grou...
Yes, statins increase the risk for type2 diabetes! Most doctors have now accepted this as a risk forprescribing statins and many don't care. A recent study appearing onMarch 4 in Diabetologia has ma...
Disclaimer: The following is a guest post from a fellow reader of this blog, and a person living with type 2 diabetes as well as HIV. The thoughts and opinions expressed here are not necessarily my ow...
In an email from Laura Greer on January16, I received information about this study. I took the survey, butdid not qualify. I think this study may be of interest to some of myreaders and they can tak...
In this post, I'll examine the possible relationship between meat intake and type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes, and it is strongly linked to lifestyle factors.N...
I would like to thank Steve Cooksey for pointing this out, but I cannot totally agree with him. Yes, the American Society of Nutrition (ASN...
Another blogger and I are having a discussion – more a disagreement in terminology between control and management of diabetes. I doubt that...
I don't know what it is lately, but the last few days have brought me topics that I had not expected. This topic is very much something...
Dr. Robert Ratner, chief scientific and medical officer for the ADA says, “Many people with type 2 diabetes who are on medications don't...
When it comes to certified diabetes educators (CDEs), there has been much controversy over the last several years. A few of the things I ha...
A phrase that Brian Cohen enlightened me with during the last week is "treat to failure" protocol of medications and many other as...
When I wrote this blog, I did use the word 'may' instead of 'will' and the more I am seeing and hearing, I am very happy tha...
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Not only has Joslin Diabetes Center continued to (in most cases) shield the person writing the blog, but also they have moved away from much...
Being in the age range for geriatrics, this blog really hit home and means that I will need to pay attention to what the doctors say and be ...
In the last blog, research was encouraged to discover harms when more medicine is practiced, but not when less medicine is practiced. This ...
What the writers say in this segment is true, but – yes, there can always be one of these – why does high-value care always need to be high-...
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Charcot foot is truly a diabetes complication that is increasing and is seldom recognized early enough to receive the proper treatment. Cha...
David Mendosa started me thinking when he started this on Health Central. "Some people say that to follow a low-carb diet is expensive....
In the last post, I reviewed a study by Gerald Reaven's group showing that insulin resistance strongly predicts the risk of cardiovascul...
David Spero, who writes for Diabetes Self-Management has two interesting blogs from May 13 and May 20 about low-carb food plans. David used...
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I am finding some consistency in articles about sleep apnea and how it affects other diseases or conditions the patient may have. A new met...
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Blood lipids such as LDL and HDL cholesterol are markers of the biological processes that impact cardiovascular disease, and they are commonly measured to assess cardiovascular risk. When we think ab...
Although the concept of food addiction remains controversial, there's no doubt that specific foods can provoke addiction-like behaviors in susceptible people. Yet not all foods have this effect, ...
I would like to thank Steve Cooksey forpointing this out, but I cannot totally agree with him. Yes, theAmerican Society of Nutrition (ASN) has some serious conflicts ofinterest, but they are not tryi...
Another blogger and I are having adiscussion – more a disagreement in terminology between control andmanagement of diabetes. I doubt that we will change the opinion ofthe other, but there are differe...
