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.…
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…
