A study published yesterday supports the idea that even in older adults, over 65, type 2 diabetes can be prevented in most cases by healthy lifestyle choices. Researchers examined the participants in the Cardiovascular Health Study – 4,883 men and women over 65 at baseline – over the course of 10 years. Median age at [...]
Entries from April 2009
April 28, 2009
Atherosclerosis: Development and Natural History
People with diabetes are prone to develop atherosclerosis, which is often called “hardening of the arteries.” The hardening isn’t so bad; the problem is that the arteries develop obstructive plaques that impair the flow of life-sustaining blood to living tissues. Actually, almost everybody will develop atherosclerosis eventually. But it’s better to get it when you’re [...]
April 27, 2009
What Is Heart Failure and How Do I Know If I Have It?
On April 24, 2009, NutritionData.com published a blog post of mine discussing heart failure. Since diabetes is a cause of heart failure, you may be interested in it. If so, please click here to see the post. Today, NutritionData published my post on other causes and prevention of heart failure. Steve Parker, M.D.
April 25, 2009
Dr. Steve Parker Now Blogging Also at NutritionData.com
I am pleased and honored to be blogging for the next three months with the merry band of bloggers at NutritionData.com. I’ve been visiting and recommending ND for years. I will be writing in the NutritionData Heart Health Blog. My compadres at ND are Monica Reinagel, M.S., L.D.N., C.N.S.; ND’s chief nutritionist and a prolific [...]
April 24, 2009
Diabetes Increases Dramatically
On June 24, 2008, the Centers for Disease Control released prevalence data for diabetes in the U.S. Nearly 24 million people now have diabetes, up three percent over just two years. This is eight percent of the population. The vast majority of cases are of type 2 diabetes, not the type 1 usually diagnosed in childhood. [...]
