You have to read this to understand why my office nurse joined me in banging our heads on the wall one day this week. The patient in question returned. We were anxious to see what her lipid (cholesterol) profile would show. However, we learned she is...

It's the Tohono O'odham Native American tribe with an incidence rate pushing 70%. The majority of the tribe can be found on a reservation in southwestern Arizona. The most interesting piece of information? No one in the tribe was diabetic before...

Maybe, it's not the best thing to discuss on Thanksgiving, but research out of the Loyola University Health System suggests a staggering increase (141%) in the rate of morbid obesity in Type 2 diabetic adults in the last 20-30 years. More than 60% of...

The Holiday Season often brings stress and depression for some. Here are a few tips, from the Mayo Clinic site, to help minimize the negative impact of the Holidays. Mayo Clinic: Health And Stress