Understanding your blood pressure for diabetes
Myth “You know if you have high blood pressure because it gives you headaches” Truth High blood pressure does not always give you symptoms, and it is often found by chance during routine health...
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Breastfeeding’s Impact on Blood Pressure
Previous research shows women who breastfeed are more likely to have children with low blood pressure. However, a new study suggests breastfeeding’s effect on blood pressure may not be as significant as previously thought....
Recommended foods for pregnant women
When you’re pregnant, you’re eating for two or maybe more. But choosing the right foods can be confusing. Some common foods can pose a risk to your unborn baby. Here are some recommendations on...
Taking a Temperature
When the fever’s turned up, which thermometer do you reach for? Study tells us quick and easy doesn’t always mean accurate. It sometimes takes the entire Hill family to get baby Christopher’s temperature. His...
Who’s who in my healthcare team?
Who will help me manage my diabetes? You will be helped by a team of people trained in diabetes care, including your doctor, an endocrinologist, a diabetes specialist nurse, a diabetes educator, a registered...
Diagnosing Type 2 diabetes
Diagnosing Type 2 diabetes is straightforward and consists of tests to check the level of glucose in your blood. Initially, your health professional may use fingerprick blood tests and urine tests, both of which...
Myth “Having diabetes give you mood swings”
Is it true that my diabetes is caused by being overweight? I feel so guilty. It’s true that being overweight makes your own insulin less likely to work properly. However, to develop Type 2...
Blood tests to diagnose diabetes
Although urine and fingerprick tests can reveal a higher than normal blood glucose level, you need one or more of three laboratory blood tests to diagnose diabetes; the random or fasting blood glucose test...
The A1c Test
What is an A1c test? The A1c test (each letter is pronounced separately) provides information about your blood glucose level. It measures the amount of glucose attached to the hemoglobin (oxygen-carrying molecule) in your...
The fear for Endometriosis
The biggest fear the patients experience after being diagnosed with endometriosis is that they will be infertile. The most common mistake made by endometriosis patients is to believe that any gynecologist has sufficient training...
Carrying out a blood glucose test
Do all blood glucose meters work in the same way? No. the exact procedure for carrying out a blood test will vary according to which type of blood glucose meter you have. With most...
Masssage
Massage has been used as a therapy for healing and improving body movement, toning, and general well-being for centuries. It has many benefits, not only to the skin, muscles, and joints of the body,...
Overcoming Anxiety, Panic, and Depression
Two out of 10 Americans struggle with anxiety, panic or depression. Some may suffer anxiety at the thought of flying or speaking in public, while others panic at the thought of being stuck in...
Thyroid Crusader
Feeling sluggish? It could be your thyroid. One in eight women will develop a thyroid disorder, and most don’t even realize they are sick. One woman is on a crusade to educate women about...
Thyroid Mystery
It isn’t menopause…it isn’t depression…and it isn’t normal. But that’s how thyroid disease is often diagnosed. If it’s left untreated, thyroid disease can be devastating. The bad news for Peggy Zunzel is her doctor...
Help for Patients with Macular Degeneration
According to new research, patients who suffer from age-related macular degeneration, and depression associated with their disease, can benefit from a six-week self-management program that helps to enhance their quality of life. Age-related macular...
Connections between nutrition, genetics and disease
Do you think that nutrition needs to get more personalized? It certainly needs to get more personalized for specific diseases like heart disease and like osteoporosis. Specific diseases that we know have a nutritional...
Vitamins: What’s Right For You?
Go to any health store, and you might walk out feeling like you neglect your body. They sell every vitamin under the sun… and you might take just one of them. Don’t feel bad....
Vision Rehab to Reduce Car Crashes Among Elderly
Special training to enhance visual information-processing ability could help prevent car accidents among older drivers, shows new research. Car accidents are a leading cause of injury-related deaths among people ages 65 and older due...
What Dose of Vitamin D is Most Effective?
The most beneficial dose of vitamin D supplementation needed to reduce fall risk has not been established. Douglas P. Kiel, M.D., associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston and the director...
Celiac disease could be the cause of osteoporosis
What is celiac disease? Dr. Stenson: Celiac disease is an abnormal immune response to a protein that is found in wheat, rye and barley. In this abnormal immune response, the immune cells in the...
Your risk factors for osteoporosis
Ten million people have osteoporosis … 80 percent of them are women. But the disease can be almost entirely prevented with healthy habits. Are you at risk? Several factors could determine your fate. Are...
Hepatitis B Vaccine Protects Longer Than Thought
The vaccine for hepatitis B may provide protection longer than previously expected, according to new research. The hepatitis B virus causes inflammation of the liver and can cause complications such as liver scarring or...
Doctor explains the importance for high-risk people to screen for liver cancer
What motivated you to do this study on liver cancer? Dr. Thuluvath: Liver cancer is increasing in this country because of what we call the silent epidemic of hepatitis C. It is also due...
How to Choose the Right Athletic Shoes Q&A
What are some of the common foot injuries among athletes? There is a common denominator for most common problems and that is shock absorption. You have X amount of shock that your foot sees...
Vitamins and Minerals
Should you take supplements? Supplements are not a replacement for food, and most cannot be ingested without food. They cannot be taken in place of a good diet, but their beneficial effects will be...
Women and Stress-related Illnesses
Money, weight and family tops the list of what stresses out women. One in four women say they feel stressed out every day, and while it’s not considered an illness, it can set you...
Do you think that the idea of something being herbal has anything to do with psychology?
Over 70,000 deaths occur from drug reactions in the United States, according to the book The People’s Pharmacy. Drug reactions are responsible for up to 11 percent of hospital admissions. This is not to...
Green tea is not a new concept. The Chinese and the Japanese have used it for years. Why is it now becoming so prevalent here in America?
Green tea has been used for over 4,000 years. Folklore maintains it promotes longevity, decreases cholesterol, decreases heart conditions and also helps to decrease cancer. However, the reason it’s become popular is because there’s...
Can Green Tea Protect Skin?
Modern science has discovered chemicals in green tea that can inhibit many diseases, including cancer. Those same compounds are now showing up in dozens of skin care products like soap, skin lotion and cosmetics....