Chronic low-grade inflammation seems to play a role in all of the major diseases — heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, and certain cancers. Chronic inflammation fuels many of the devastating complications of type [...]
While diabetes is diagnosed on the basis of elevated blood sugar alone, this is only the tip of the iceberg. The association between inflammation and the initial development of insulin resistance and [...]
Reason # 1: Healthy hydration is about the water you hold in the body, not the water you drink that passes straight through. As we age, our cells lose water. When we [...]
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), suggests the blood pressure guidelines go too far for low risk individuals, and the risk of harm outweighs the potential [...]
Steroids (Corticosteroids) Steroid drugs can induce a form of iatrogenic Cushing's syndrome, and are probably the most widely used drugs which confer a high risk of diabetes. Corticosteroids mimic the action of [...]
When lovastatin (Mevacor) was approved by the FDA more than 30 years ago there was no hint that it could raise blood sugar. Ditto for many of the popular statins that followed, [...]
We don't know. Cured is not defined, and therefore cannot be proven. It cannot be disproven either. For non-infectious diseases, conventional medicine cannot distinguish between remission and cure. Because cured is not [...]
Modern medicine, conventional medicine, allopathic medicine has many names, but little science. What should it be called? Bureaucratic Medicine??? Conventional medicine is best understood as a complex set of bureaucracies. What is [...]
You have probably heard that “breakfast is the most important meal of the day” more times than you could ever count. This message has been ingrained into your belief system since you [...]
With 60 years of clinical use, Metformin is the most widely prescribed drug for the treatment of diabetes. Although, the exact molecular mechanism of action of metformin remains partly unknown despite its use [...]
