A note from Dr. Cogen:
When thinking about the long list of issues today's teens must face, alcohol use is near the top. The pressure from friends to drink can be overwhelming. Ginger and I would like to provide medically correct information about alcohol and how it affects you and your diabetes management. Clearly, in an ideal environment, we want you to choose to engage in only healthy behaviors. But if you are currently struggling with this decision or have already made the decision...
(Of course, the legal drinking age is 21 so this shouldn’t be an issue until about your senior year in college, but we all know many... Read more »
A just-published research study in the December issue of Diabetes Care evaluated the effects of moderate alcohol intake on blood glucose... Read more »
"East Coast elitist" is not a label that even Sarah Palin could pin on me. But I am no "Joe Six-Pack American" either. In fact, after... Read more »
Alcohol.Is it bad for you? Not so bad? Or does drinking actually show a potential health benefit?First, the bad news.If you spent your wild... Read more »
Alcohol is a tricky thing if you have diabetes. With the holidays and all of the associated parties just around the corner, it seems like... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Sometimes a person can recognize that alcohol is causing problems, and will seek the advice of a doctor on their own. Other times, family, friends,... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
for AlcoholismThere are many options for treatment for alcohol use disorders. They depend in part on the severity of the patients drinking.Treatment... Read more »
Source: Breastcancer.org
Research consistently shows that drinking alcoholic beverages -- beer, wine, and liquor -- increases a woman's risk of hormone-receptor-positive... Read more »
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