“Vicki” complained of feeling irritable, tired, depressed, and unable to concentrate—and she had a raging sweet tooth. Her diet consisted mainly of refined carbohydrates. Because her symptoms struck about two hours after eating, it wasn't hard to pinpoint her problem as hypoglycemia.
Hypoglycemia means low blood sugar. As…
If you have been diagnosed as pre-diabetic, what your doctor is saying is that you're insulin resistant. It's the last step before a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes—which is currently at epidemic levels, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
Insulin resistance means that your body's metabolism has…
Modern medicine and medical technology have made some real inroads in detecting and treating a number of diseases, including my specialty, heart disease. Yet other disorders, such as diabetes, have benefited from relatively few developments in treatment.
Making matters even worse, diabetes detection is in the dark ages.…
According to a study by the Centers for Disease Control, this country is in the middle of an all-out diabetes epidemic—specifically type 2 diabetes, the kind that most often shows up in midlife and beyond. If you’re over 40 and overweight, you’re a prime candidate. But these days, even if…
Diabetes mellitus comes from the Greek words diabetes and mellitus. Diabetes, which means “siphon,” refers to the excessive urination typical in people with the disease. Mellitus, which means “honey-sweet,” refers to the high sugar content in urine.
There is no pandemic so insidiously deadly as that of diabetes…
