Category Archives: Complications
For every prescription drug that is developed and offers benefits to patients, there are those that also pose significant risks. Physicians must always weigh the benefits to risks in order to make informed decisions as to whether a particular medication should be used for treatment. Recent findings suggest statins, a class of prescription drug used to treat high cholesterol levels,…
Here’s a pop quiz: What is eaten by almost everyone, yet understood by few in the health community? They are somewhat detrimental to many people’s health while being downright destructive to a few sensitive souls. If you said lectins you’re either brighter than the average lightbulb or, after reading the title, you put two and two together. Lectins… let’s talk…
Probably the most common question I get from people on my Facebook pages, blogs, and programs, is about high morning blood sugar levels. They want to know why they wake up with a blood glucose level that was higher than when they went to bed. This is a logical question, and stems from much frustration. In fact, I completely understand…
With cold and flu season rapidly approaching, I am often asked how I am able to avoid getting sick. After all, I see patients all day long, shaking hands, and interacting with hundreds of people each week. Not only that, I have four kids in school and daycare. You would think that I would get sick often, but I typically…
There’s a common saying in the diabetes community that diabetes won’t kill you, but it’s complications will. Still, according to the American Diabetes Association, diabetes was the 7th leading cause of death in the United States in 2010, with over 69,000 death certificates listing it as the underlying cause of death. [1] Add to that the common complications, like cardiovascular disease,…
