Tag: diabetes
member name: Julie K. Silver, M.D., Harvard Medical School
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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 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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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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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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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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June 23, 2008 11:12 AM EDT --
My patients often come in frustrated when they read about a new study whose results contradict earlier studies. "But I'm doing just what you told me! And now that approach might be wrong?" . . .
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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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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 . . .
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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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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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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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January 14, 2008 04:55 PM EST --
During the past decade, doctors have increasingly recognized fatty liver unrelated to alcohol use as a major cause of liver disease. The term to describe what some consider a growing epidemic is "non-alcoholic . . .
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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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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 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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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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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 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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