Healthcare and Diabetes
Last night, the United States Congress voted to pass the much debated healthcare bill. It was a moment likely celebrated by thousands of people…
Do Not Use on Broken Skin
Do not use on broken skin it was labelled I did not read the label I did not know Didn’t you read the label? Poison Control said No, I did not know…
Marathon Ready, Blood Sugar Under Control
I’m glad to announce that on Friday I ran my last long run in preparation for the Rotterdam Marathon- 22.5 miles in 3 hours and 21 minutes. It felt great,…
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Extreme Obesity Affecting More Children
According to a Kaiser Permanente study of 710,949 children and teens, extreme obesity is affecting more children at younger ages, with 12 percent of black teenage girls, and 11.2 percent of Hispanic teenage boys now classified as extremely obese. In the study researchers used measured height and weight in electronic health records to conduct a cross-sectional study of 710,949 children...
Ow: My Stomach, the War-Zone
My stomach is a war-zone. I don’t mean to make light of the real terror and trauma of war-zones, but that’s the best metaphor I have to…
Hard-to-Swallow Science
As a cookbook author, the sodium recommendations make me nervous. What if you don’t eat much processed food? What if you and the people you are cooking for don’t have high blood pressure?...
Propaganda Posters For Diabetes
Last night, my husband showed me this photo series (I believe it’s titled “Kim Jong Il Looking At Stuff”) and it cracked me up.…