Here we go again!
It seems that every few years another group announces that blood glucose (BG) testing strips aren't useful in patients with type 2 diabetes who don't take insulin. Here's the latest.
Naturally, the insurance companies (or in Britain the National Health Service) want evidence for this so they can stop paying for... Read more
I have two pieces of good news today.
First, I'm not going to blog about Paula Deen, whoever she is. I wasn't particularly surprised to learn she has diabetes . . . mostly because I'd never heard of her.
But here's the better news. More evidence that the drug metformin prevents cancer.
Well, I know I shouldn't use the... Read more
America is in the midst of an "obesity epidemic," and one of the ways to deal with it is to educate overweight people about the dangers of being overweight. That makes sense. Warn them of the dangers of being overweight and they'll be inspired to lose.
Except it doesn't work.
A 2011 study showed that after watching a video on... Read more
People always say the first bite of anything is the best, and I recently had a good example of that.
I have apple trees on my place, but since embarking on a low-carb diet I've stopped making gallons of applesauce every fall. I do occasionally have a slice or two of apple after a meal, and it makes a nice change. But I don't spend time... Read more
I'll bet when you read that title, you thought, "Oh no! Another drug that has been linked with cancer."
But in this case, the opposite is true. There is some evidence that the drug metformin actually decreases your risks of breast cancer. The full article in PloS ONE cites references discussing metformin and other cancers. And here is a... Read more
