Why Obesity Strikes Arthritis Patients in Greater Numbers

by Christian Goodman | May 25, 2011 | 0 comments

It turns out that people with arthritis aren’t immune to the obesity epidemic, reports a new study commissioned by the CDC involving 400,000 research subjects. The CDC research, published in this week’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, found that the prevalence...

What is Nitroglycerin?

by Christian Goodman | May 23, 2011 | 1 comment

We get this question a lot.  Usually, the people asking are those that are either newly diagnosed with a heart condition or have a loved one who just did. The condition it is used primarily for is Coronary Artery Disease, or CAD. This is when the blood vessels...

This Is Crucial For Diabetes Management

by Christian Goodman | May 23, 2011 | 0 comments

According to a large-scale research study published this week in Diabetes Care, poor sleep is closely linked to insulin resistance and poor blood glucose management in type 2 diabetics. As lead author of the study Kristen Knutson, PhD states, diabetics that don’t...

The Symptoms of High Blood Pressure – Part 2

by Christian Goodman | May 22, 2011 | 0 comments

Those looking for motivation for managing their hypertension may find fuel for their efforts based on the results out of the Chinese Third Military Medical University in Chongqing. These researchers discovered that aggressively treating high blood pressure reduced...

Statins and Grapefruit

by Christian Goodman | May 20, 2011 | 11 comments

For treating cholesterol problems, Western doctors prescribe statins as an overwhelming majority to any other treatment plan.  That is because they work on each element of the cholesterol panel- HDL, LDL, and triglycerides. In order for drugs to work, they must be...

Protein Shakes and Diabetic Kidney

by Jodi Knapp | May 16, 2011 | 6 comments

Today we will examine another request from the comment section of the blog, which was simply the phrase “protein shakes and diabetic kidney.” The person requesting didn’t specify what he or she wanted to know within this subject, so as I poked into it, I had to assume...