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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 . . . more
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 . . . more
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 . . . more
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 . . . more
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 . . . more
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 . . . more
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 . . . more
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 . . . more
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 . . . more
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 . . . more
July 01, 2008 11:15 AM EDT -- A new study confirms what I've been telling my diabetic patients for years: though eating eggs doesn't seem to have a negative effect on the health of most people, those with diabetes need to . . . more
August 11, 2008 10:52 AM EDT -- It's natural for pregnant women to worry about the health of their developing baby.  Fortunately we're learning more about what causes birth defects and how to prevent them. For example, . . . more
June 16, 2008 11:47 AM EDT -- One of the things I love about summer is breaking out the barbeque. I don't eat meat, so I enjoy grilled veggie burgers or vegetable kabobs. But for those of you who love meat, steak shouldn't . . . more
August 26, 2008 10:32 AM EDT -- A few weeks ago, researchers reported interesting results that showed that a new drug could help those that don’t exercise still reap the many health benefits of being active. Well, at least rodents can . . . more
April 28, 2008 04:48 PM EDT -- Sometimes the patients who are the most conscientious in terms of their health are also the most anxious about their health. And the conscientious often read a lot of medical news—which can definitely . . . more
August 18, 2008 02:26 PM EDT -- Even if you love the heat of summer like I do, you have to protect yourself from it on days when it’s very hot. And people with diabetes and other chronic conditions may be more prone to heat-related . . . more
December 03, 2007 05:45 PM EST -- Do you take Vitamin E supplements?   Vitamin E was once “trendy.” Experts were hopeful that, in large doses, the vitamin might reduce cancer and heart attack risk—and as you probably . . . more
June 02, 2008 11:32 AM EDT -- If you've been reading this blog for a while now, you've read before about the dangerous link between heart disease and diabetes. Up to 80% of people with diabetes develop some form of cardiovascular . . . more
August 04, 2008 10:18 AM EDT -- New recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force say that everyone with high blood pressure, also known as hypertension, should be tested for diabetes. The U.S. Preventive Services Task . . . more
April 07, 2008 01:21 PM EDT -- When I see a patient with diabetes, we talk about the possible complications of the disease, including heart problems, eye disease, and foot problems. Kidney disease is also on this list-diabetes accounts . . . more
 
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