I recently returned from a vacation trip to Santa Fe, where I had a chance to finally meet fellow HealthCentral blogger David Mendosa. Mendosa is as charming as he is erudite and joined our group in a pueblo visit, where another visitor called him "skinny." Quite an accomplishment for a formerly overweight type 2! Traveling with... Read more
My local newspaper recently described a survey at a local high school asking graduates how well their high school math courses had prepared them for college work. Out of 75 questionnaires, 17 were returned. Of those, 7 said poorly, 7 said satisfactorily, 3 said well, and none said excellent. (The choices aren't... Read more
Sometimes I think that the most popular blog posts are those that describe someone's daily experiences in living with diabetes. It helps to see that other people are also dealing with low blood sugars at inconvenient times or high blood sugars after they simply couldn't say no to a plate of brownies or a huge piece of fudge.... Read more
[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