All About Diabetes and Health
In the last post, I reviewed a study by Gerald Reaven's group showing that insulin resistance strongly predicts the risk of cardiovascul...
Yes, statins increase the risk for type 2 diabetes! Most doctors have now accepted this as a risk for prescribing statins and many don'...
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 t...
In an email from Laura Greer on January 16, I received information about this study. I took the survey, but did not qualify. I think this ...
In this post, I'll examine the possible relationship between meat intake and type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form o...
I had wanted to, but a doctor appointment was more important. I was on the road minutes after the start of the conference and did not retur...
I have heard of this, but I was not looking forward to the day I received an email with these circumstances. I answered the email, but felt...
Diabetes is one peculiar disease. There are few illnesses and fewer diseases where the patient is totally responsible for his/her own care. ...
When a new doctor was changing the landscape and diagnosing more type 2 patients and many patients with prediabetes, he was promoting member...
A new study adds to the evidence that the prevalence of type 2 diabetes is rapidly increasing in the US, and our national weight problem is ...
Many people just do not understand how to manage diabetes when money is very limited. This doctor, writing for the Empower Our HealthMagazi...
A recent study supports the notion that an 'ancestral diet' focused around high-starch agricultural foods can cultivate leanness and...
Yes, it may still be a few years in the future, but if researchers continue to make their voices heard, the American Diabetes Association (A...
A University of Virginia researcher named Hannah Menefee contacted me recently to ask for our help. She and her colleagues are conducting a...
Prior to this study, most studies included few patients and were too short in length. Now we have a larger study and a suggested link betwe...
I admit I don't understand doctors that feel the risk of type 2 diabetes is secondary to the benefits of statin use. Since they do not ...
As observational studies go, headlines are overstated and causation is not proved. Yet many headlines use the terms linked and tied instead...
For those that have not read my blog and the link from yesterday, here is another link that lists many of the diabetes bad habits I have cov...
I don't think it matters whether you have diabetes or not, there are some habits that apply to both situations and you need to face up t...
Part 2 of 2 parts #3. Do I Have a Right to Medical Leave to Take Care of My Diabetes? The answer is a qualified 'Yes.' The Family ...
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