[Humor] The United States needs a "national plan to combat obesity," according to the authors of a report called "F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America," by the Trust for America's Health. I think that's an excellent idea. I remember President Johnson's War on Poverty and how... Read more
Wouldn't you like to have a drug that reduces insulin resistance, increases insulin production, makes your beta cells grow, and keeps you from getting fat? Me too. And guess what. We may already have such a "drug" in our bodies, osteocalcin. Osteocalcin is produced by your bones. More specifically, it's produced by... Read more
The Times on Type 2 Diabetes Part 1 of 2 Blaming the Patient Well it's about time! Several articles on diabetes in the New York Times this week noted that type 2 diabetes is not caused by simple sloth and gluttony: it has a strong genetic component. Furthermore, weight loss alone may not make type 2 diabetes go away,... Read more
The Times on Type 2 Diabetes Part 2 of 2 Blood Sugar and Heart Disease Gina Kolata's recent story on diabetes in the New York Times is attempting to correct some common misconceptions about diabetes. In my previous post on this blog, I commented on her point that it's wrong to blame patients for their disease because it has a... Read more
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