My mom doesn’t take any diabetes medicine. She keeps her blood sugars normal through a combination of common sense and careful carbohydrate consumption.
A few months ago, she had to be hospitalized for what she calls a “minor procedure.” The procedure went fine, but not the food. The first meal they brought her consisted of breaded fish (frozen), mashed potatoes (instant), corn (canned), a dinner roll (frozen), and tea (2 sugar ...
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The Dartmouth Atlas of Health is once again throwing a harsh spotlight on McAllen, Texas.
This time the Mexican border town has the highest rate of leg amputations in the nation, a new report released recently showed. McAllen's rate was ten times the rate of Provo, Utah, which had the lowest rate of leg amputations among the Medicare eligible population. The national average was one-third of McAllen's rate.
McAllen became ...
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Most of the illnesses that occur today are chronic like diabetes, heart disease, cancer or kidney disease.
These stay with us for the rest of our lives, are debilitating, and are expensive to treat. But in many cases they are not all that difficult to prevent. Unfortunately, our dietary guidelines are of little or no help in this regard but could be.
In 1941, following studies that demonstrated ...
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Though I am not going to say that the New York Times lied, they either purposely and grossly misrepresented the truth or did a horrible job of reporting.
In their article, "Diabetes Drug Maker Hid Test Data, Files Indicate" the Times states that Avandia maker GSK "secretly began" a study which "provided clear signs that it (Avandia) was riskier to the heart."
In fact, the study in question, called study ...
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Responses to the Avandia panel have been all over the map, as cleverly noted on the Wall Street Journal's Health Blog. Avandia is “dead” (Forbes), or, perhaps worse, “now a Zombie” (BNET). By contrast, others thought the panel granted Avandia a “reprieve” (Wall Street Journal and that Avandia would now probably be allowed to stay on the market (Los Angeles Times, Pharmalot).
All these views are ...
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I have a lot of diabetes patients and have been an avid user of the thiazolidinediones (TZD) class. There are many reasons to like the TZD's:
by Kristina Fiore
More than one in 10 heart disease deaths may be attributable to diabetes, researchers say.
In a meta-analysis of more than 100 studies, diabetes was associated with a twofold increased risk of the disease and was estimated to be accountable for 11% of vascular deaths, according to Nadeem Sarwar, MD, of the University of Cambridge in England, and colleagues.
They reported their findings online in The Lancet and will present ...
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by Emily P. Walker
An advisory panel voted 20-12 to recommend that the FDA allow rosiglitazone (Avandia) to stay on the market, but most panelists want to see the controversial diabetes drug carry tougher warnings on its label.
Wednesday's vote marks the second time an FDA advisory panel has essentially endorsed rosiglitazone. In 2007, a panel voted that while the drug appears to carry a ...
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by Crystal Phend and Emily Walker
Despite hints that the FDA may be leaning toward pulling rosiglitazone (Avandia) from the market, it's going to be a tough decision for the advisory committee slated to begin meeting on Tuesday, and things could still go either way, leading endocrinologists predict.
"I think the FDA advisory committee is going to struggle with this because none of the data is conclusive," ...
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Whether I'm wearing my health policy hat or seeing patients in the office, one condition continues to surface as a source of concern and frustration.
Diabetes, one of the nation's most serious and costly health burdens, now affects almost 25 million people in this country -- a conservative estimate. Another million new cases are diagnosed each year.
Three years ago, the American Diabetes Association estimated the total diabetes cost in the U.S. ...
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