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Shedding Light on the Co-morbidities of DiabetesThe Complications of Having Rheumatoid Arthritis and Diabetes

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Will diabetes be cured in the 21st century?

A reader recently wrote: "I just wonder if a cure will ever happen in the 21st Century? What do you think as a doc with diabetes? Will it make the extinction list of diseases when the 21st Century is over? Your perspective as a doctor?" Well, as a doctor with diabetes myself, I'll take the bait, and offer an opinion. But first things first:... Read moreChevron

There is no cure for diabetes

Once or twice a year, I get riled up by some bizarre claim that someone has found a cure for diabetes. This time, it was a claim that a product (which I will not name in this essay) "is a newly discoverd [sic] herbal formula which helps heal and cure Type II diabetes." The writer continues with the pseudoscientific claim that the "herbal... Read moreChevron

And now there’s green stuff

I have frequently been in restaurants that have containers at each table containing packets of sweeteners: the white ones contain sugar, pink is saccharin, and blue is aspartame. I happen to like the yellow stuff: sucralose itself is white, but the packets are yellow, and so I somewhat illogically call the product by the color of its packaging:... Read moreChevron

Swine flu (H1N1 influenza) and diabetes

The news reports about the H1N1 influenza pandemic (popularly known as "swine flu") keep coming, but one aspect of the story is constant: although the majority of the cases are mild, the H1N1 influenza virus is occasionally a killer.   This morning's news report is that the first doses of the vaccine should be available in early October,... Read moreChevron

A very expensive antibiotic

Until last week, I really hadn't heard of the antibiotic Zyvox (linezolid). But when a bug-bite on my left calf got inflamed, and my leg turned red and swollen, my physician recommended it for me to use. According to the label, it seems a good choice for diabetic foot infections: the cure rates in one clinical trial were 83% (159/192) and 73%... Read moreChevron

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