Tag: diabetes
member name: Julie K. Silver, M.D., Harvard Medical School
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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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January 04, 2008 04:54 PM EST --
Poor circulation is one of the most dangerous consequences of diabetes. People with type 2 diabetes have two to four times the risk of dying from heart disease or having a stroke compared to non-diabetics. . . .
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January 21, 2008 11:55 AM EST --
Kudos to Jennifer Love Hewitt for striking back at the media who labeled her "fat." If you missed this story, the paparazzi took unflattering photos of this actress on a recent vacation . . .
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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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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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November 05, 2007 10:58 AM EST --
If you had diabetes when you were pregnant, you might be worried about the effect it had on your baby. Experts have come up with many theories about why the obesity epidemic in developed nations . . .
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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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January 28, 2008 11:36 AM EST --
When it comes to your heart and blood vessels, diabetes adds 15 years to your age.
That's the conclusion of Canadian researchers who looked at almost 400,000 people with diabetes and 9 million . . .
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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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January 28, 2008 11:43 AM EST --
Getting enough sleep is one of the most important factors in maintaining good health-it may even help control your weight and your risk of getting diabetes. There are lots of ideas about why people . . .
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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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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 . . .
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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, . . .
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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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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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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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