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posted 12/15/2008, comments (0)

A Vital Tool to Help Screen and Prevent Diabetes

The problem with pre-diabetes and even diabetes is that very often the person can have it and not know it. Of course if you are overweight - we might suspect it - but frankly, not every person who is overweight gets diabetes. So we need better ways to identify these patients so that we can intervene with strategies that that can... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/08/2008, comments (0)

These Days You Cannot Separate Diabetes and Obesity

November is Diabetes Awareness Month and though we constantly talk about obesity and diabetes, there seems to be a disconnect for many people. If you are obese, you put yourself at risk for diabetes because you become insulin resistant, meaning that no matter how hard your pancreas tries to put out insulin, to bring down your blood sugar, it... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/27/2008, comments (0)

If You Are Overweight - Hispanic- A Child - Beware Pre-diabetes

Hispanics are the fastest growing minority group in the US today. So it is alarming to see that the overweight children in this group lean to what is called persistent pre-diabetes. We say someone has pre-diabetes when their fasting blood sugar falls between 100 and 120 - higher than normal but not high enough to qualify for a formal... Read more Chevron

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