Monday, June 04, 2012

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David Mendosa

David Mendosa, Health Guide

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Medical Journalist Living with Diabetes and Author of Fitness and Photography for Fun, www.mendosa.com/fitnessblog

Arthritis and Diabetes

Like most people with diabetes, I have osteoarthritis. I know that I suffered from it two or three years ago. I can't say that it's cured now, but at least I don't have any arthritis pain any more. When I saw a doctor in October 2005 about the pain in my left knee that kept me from hiking, he sent me to the local hospital for an x-ray. A few... Read moreChevron
David Mendosa

David Mendosa, Health Guide

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Medical Journalist Living with Diabetes and Author of Fitness and Photography for Fun, www.mendosa.com/fitnessblog

Curing Erectile Dysfunction

Guys named Ed probably don't feel honored to have one of the most devastating complications of diabetes named after then. But erectile dysfunction -- or just ED for short -- is both personally ego-destroying and all too common. At least they don't say nowadays that ED is the same as impotence.From 15 million to 30 million American men suffer... Read moreChevron
David Mendosa

David Mendosa, Health Guide

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Medical Journalist Living with Diabetes and Author of Fitness and Photography for Fun, www.mendosa.com/fitnessblog

Diabetes and Cracked Fingertips: Everyone's Hands Need Help

People with diabetes are like everyone else, only more so. This realization has been slowly growing in my mind as I began to appreciate that while we talk all the time about how those of us with diabetes need regular exercise, good nutrition, and weight control, everyone needs that too.Even the complications of diabetes are more intense... Read moreChevron
David Mendosa

David Mendosa, Health Guide

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Medical Journalist Living with Diabetes and Author of Fitness and Photography for Fun, www.mendosa.com/fitnessblog

Diabetes and Sight: Keeping A1C and Blood Pressure Levels Normal

The best strategy to save our eyes is to keep our A1C and blood pressure levels as close to normal as possible. But when that strategy doesn't work, we've got to stay ahead of the dangerous changes that can hit us. That's the key message that Dr. Niles Utlaut, my ophthalmologist here in Boulder, Colorado, told me a few days ago. The... Read moreChevron