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A Year of Stumbles for Diabetes Care in the U.S. Part II

In other areas of diabetes care, the American Academy of Endocrinologists (AACE) has spent the past year promoting new and stricter guidelines for maintaining near normal blood sugar levels in …

Dietary Guidelines for a Child’s Growing Brain

By Scott M. Shannon, author of Please Don’t Label My Child

Once a child moves beyond breastfeeding, it’s up to us parents to take on the awesome responsibility of navigating our …

15 Simple Tips to Help You Live to 100

by Susan Jacobs

A study conducted by Boston University shows that the fastest growing area of the American population is the centenarian community (i.e., those who are 100 years of …

In This Political Season, Health Care Reform is a Business Issue

by John Hammergren

It would be easy, in this long run of important presidential primaries, to be convinced that the problems we have with our health care system can only be …

More on Estrogen Benefits: Brain function and blood pressure

In a recent blog at metabolism.com (http://blog.metabolism.com/2007/11/12/estrogencant-live-with-it-cant-live-without-it/) we reviewed information suggesting women who had their ovaries removed or who began early menopause before the age of 50 may …

Armour Thyroid Dropped by Medicare

After hearing the rumors, I was waiting for official notice that Armour Thyroid was being dropped from the Medicare formulary. The confirmation came by way of a form letter telling …

A Year of Stumbles for Diabetes Care in the U.S. Part 1.

Stumbles and false starts mared the past 12 months for diabetes care in the U.S. It began with the report that one of the nation’s most highly prescribed diabetes …

Latest Weight Loss Device a Shocking Experience

In recent developments, researchers have been working with an implantable device which reduces hunger and has been shown to cause weight loss and improve blood sugar in diabetics. The …

Vitamin E May Help the Heart in Some Diabetics.

Vitamin E is one of a group of nutrients known as anti-oxidants. Exposure of our tissues to vital oxygen causes us to “rust” just like the Tin Man. Anti-oxidants slow …

Avandia Becomes The Britney Spears of Medicine

Once the superstar of the medical world and the number one darling of doctors for the treatment of diabetes, Avandia is now a big disgrace. The image of Britney Spears …

A Pyrrhic Victory for Avandia: FDA Releases New Statement

On November 14 the FDA released a new warning about potential heart complications of Avandia. After reading the statement which can be found at

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2007/NEW01743.html

I was most impressed by the …

Estrogen:Can’t live with it, can’t live without it

Oh my gosh!!Over the past few years the use of estrogen to treat post menopausal women has plunged in popularity. This occurred …

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