Secretary Announces Plan to Fight Diabetes, Highlights Efforts to Promote Prevention News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2004 HHS Press Office (202) 690-6343 Secretary Announces Plan to Fight Diabetes, Highlights Efforts to Promote Prevention HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced Diabetes: A National Plan for Action during a town hall meeting at [...]
From Yahoo Health: Fri Jan 21,11:46 PM ET (HealthDayNews) — Women in America are under pressure to measure up to a certain cultural ideal of beauty, which can lead to poor body image, the National Women’s Health Information Center says. On TV and in print, women are bombarded with images of contemporaries who are extremely [...]
I found this great magazine the other day at Walgreens “Low Carb Energy” and checked out their website. On it is some great information, more than is packed into their magazine, and has a nice section on Diabetes. Below is one of the articles on there about Fast Foods. ———– Frequent fast food meals increase [...]
Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. In type 2 diabetes, either the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells ignore the insulin. Insulin is necessary for the body to be able to use sugar. Sugar is the basic fuel for the cells in the body, and insulin takes the [...]
As I mentioned before, I have a problem with my gall bladder. I have been through a sonogram (results were: no stones) and a HIDA scan. The results of the HIDA scan came back with a “non-functioning gall bladder”. It’s only working about 5%. BUT, the doctor doesn’t want to take it out until I’ve [...]
