Have I Mentioned that Prediabetes is Bad for the Heart?

I have said before that, from my standpoint, diabetes and heart disease are the same thing. Seventy percent of diabetics die of cardiovascular causes.   Almost all heart disease sufferers have some trace of diabetes or prediabetes.  The lifestyle changes that impact one impact the other, both negative and protective. In the medical research over […]

Pancreatic Cancer; Are You Already at Risk?

  Pancreatic cancer remains one of the scariest cancers out there.  Very painful and fatal in almost every case.  The survival rate is dismal. I have written before that if the resources available to Patrick Swayze and Steve Jobs were not enough to overcome this cancer, the rest of us don’t stand a chance.  The […]

Did YOUR Doctor Talk About Prediabetes?

IS YOUR DOCTOR EDUCATING YOU? The latin interpretation of “doctor” is “teacher” and this should be first and foremost our jobs.  Patients generally do not have the background in physiology that is needed to more clearly understand what is happening to them and help them make the right changes to improve health.  Unfortunately, this is […]

Complex Hormonal Abnormalities Identified in Metabolic Syndrome – (11-09-00)

Complex Hormonal Abnormalities Identified in Metabolic Syndrome Syndrome X is a constellation of symptoms that many in medicine have failed to recognize, and yet it may be one of the single most important contributors to chronic disease today. It relates to an inability of insulin to do an effective job, and the body responds by […]