Zip Code Contributes to Diabetes Risk

by | Nov 17, 2011 | 0 comments

Living in a poor neighborhood may contribute to diabetes risk as much as diet and physical activity levels, according to a study published in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine. In this study, adults that took advantage of a government-sponsored program to...

More Dangers With Pain Relievers

by | Nov 4, 2011 | 3 comments

A few years ago there was a flurry of activity in the medical community and in the news regarding the dangers of over-the-counter drugs that relieve pain. What many of the stories focused on was the accidental overdose problem that was occurring with vary small...

High-Protein Diet Increases Insulin Resistance

by | Oct 20, 2011 | 2 comments

Eating too much protein – especially in the form of processed meat—can make your body less sensitive to the effects of the hormone insulin, a study presented at a meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes notes. In this study of more than 27,000...

Drug Shortages-Are You at Risk?

by | Oct 17, 2011 | 1 comment

Recently, AARP published a report on their online news magazine regarding the impending drug shortage that hospitals, clinics and pharmacies are beginning to face. It caught my attention because we discuss pharmaceuticals at length in many of our articles, and the...