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Managing Stress with Diabetes

Diabetes is a disease best managed by a mix of diet, exercise, and often medications. I have type 1 diabetes. ...

Eating for Two? Maintaining a Healthy Pregnancy Weight

You are pregnant! Congrats! Along with many other questions you have, one of the topics that should interest you is weight ...

Diabetes Meal Plan Priorities

Can you give me a meal plan? What should I eat?  What about potatoes?  Can I eat fruit? When I first ...

The scoop on salt (recipe included)

In less than a week February 2012 will be recorded in the history books.  For me, it is the end ...

Nagging Cough or COPD? Breathe Easier with Early Diagnosis

Maybe you’re short of breath walking up stairs. Or you assume that nagging cough is just a side effect of ...

10 Tips to Manage Emotional Eating Triggers Over the Holidays

For many, the holidays are a signal to eat with abandon, sort of like "vacation eating." Holiday eating and vacation ...

Pick Your Poison

I have a confession to make.  For years now I’ve been guilty of poisoning my patients.  Not the “Arsenic and ...

The Buzz On Caffeine

How To Determine Caffeine Tolerance Excessive caffeine consumption is not mathematical. It is individual. Caffeine sensitivity depends on the amount and ...

An Ounce of Prevention

I saw a middle-aged man in my office the other day for evaluation of shortness of breath (dyspnea, we call ...

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