Category Archives: Diabetes

Teenage diabetes rate triples in less than ten years.

And the so called “experts” are baffled by this turn of events. This was one of big news stories of the week when it comes to health care in the United States. From a May 21, 2012 article in the … Continue reading

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“The Weight of the Nation” HBO Special — A Preview

A grave situation for sure Last week, I blogged about a new HBO documentary that will begin airing on May 14. After mentioning in that blog that I didn’t have HBO, one of my readers (who chooses to remain anonymous) … Continue reading

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Children—Rates of obesity and type 2 diabetes are soaring.

And type 2 diabetes in kids is much tougher to treat This story has been all over the news this week—television, print and internet (See links below to articles). The first large study of type 2 diabetes in children was published online … Continue reading

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