Tag: harvard medical school
group name: diabetes
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February 04, 2008 01:53 PM EST --
Hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, is a dreaded complication of diabetes. If you have diabetes, you know just how lousy you feel when your blood sugar gets too low. This is a potential . . .
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March 03, 2008 11:15 AM EST --
I'm sure you've seen the commercials for Chia Pets, the ceramic planters made in different shapes that, when you spread seeds on their surface, grow "hair" or "fur". The latest . . .
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April 14, 2008 09:47 AM EDT --
If two patients come in to see me with the same condition, one might walk away with a prescription for a medication, the other for a prescription for diet and exercise. Why? Because I tailor treatment . . .
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February 18, 2008 01:03 PM EST --
When a patient is first diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, one of the first things to discuss is getting and keeping their blood sugar at a normal level. Tight control of blood sugar has been shown to help . . .
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February 11, 2008 03:39 PM EST --
Are you bored with your current diet but unsure what you can safely eat? Even people who don't have diabetes often find it hard to plan healthy, satisfying meals. But people with diabetes . . .
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May 19, 2008 01:59 PM EDT --
We've always known that diabetes was a dangerous disease. And in recent years, it's been affecting children more and more. A study published last year in the medical journal called The Lancet . . .
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February 25, 2008 02:40 PM EST --
Triglyceride levels are one of the things that a doctor checks when she orders the cholesterol blood test.
Diabetes can boost your triglyceride levels. And even though triglycerides don't . . .
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March 31, 2008 09:45 AM EDT --
I've written here about diabetes and eye disease before, so readers probably already know that diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of blindness in people ages 20 to 74. But you may not know . . .
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April 21, 2008 04:31 PM EDT --
Unfortunately, some medications that are necessary to treat serious conditions can increase the risk for other serious conditions. This is the case with some antipsychotic medications. They can be very . . .
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March 10, 2008 02:35 PM EDT --
My patients often ask me when I prescribe a medication, "Does it have any side effects?" The answer is that ALL medications have POTENTIAL side effects. You may take a drug and not have . . .
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May 12, 2008 11:24 AM EDT --
Whenever I diagnose a patient with a new health problem, I make sure to ask him or her about the medications he or she is currently using—prescription, over-the-counter, and herbal. As the below . . .
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May 14, 2008 02:38 PM EDT --
A new study released by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals that about half of the diabetics surveyed report that they have arthritis. Though both diabetes and arthritis . . .
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March 24, 2008 10:42 AM EDT --
Many of my patients with diabetes are surprised to learn that the diet advice for people with diabetes is similar to that for the general population. In general, everyone should eat a well-balanced diet . . .
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July 14, 2008 11:48 AM EDT --
Last year, my colleague Dr. Tom Lee wrote a blog [LINK to: http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977027417&grpId=3659174697246155&nav=Groupspace] after the diabetes drug Avandia . . .
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March 17, 2008 04:54 PM EDT --
Many people know that being overweight puts people at risk for getting diabetes. But most of my patients—and I assume people in general—don't know why this is the case. The below article, . . .
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June 09, 2008 05:34 PM EDT --
As someone with diabetes, you need to work harder than your average person to keep your heart healthy. One way to do that is to keep your cholesterol at healthy levels. We generally talk more about lowering . . .
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July 21, 2008 02:18 PM EDT --
I love pizza. It's one of those foods I could eat 5 times a week and not get tired of it. So I was glad when I saw the below recipe and learned how to make pizza even more nutritious. It was originally . . .
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May 05, 2008 12:53 PM EDT --
A study published earlier this year in the Archives of Internal Medicine reported some scary news: More older U.S. adults are getting diabetes. From the mid-90s to the mid-2000s, the number of people . . .
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July 07, 2008 03:34 PM EDT --
Last month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated statistics about diabetes. They estimate that 24 million Americans — 8% of the population — have diabetes as of . . .
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July 28, 2008 05:21 PM EDT --
A new study suggests that high levels of a blood protein may indicate that a person is at greater risk for type 2 diabetes. The study included about 400 people in their 70s. None of them had diabetes . . .
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