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Western cures not suitable for Indian body type
Posted by: admin on: July 4, 2011
Indians should develop their own medical guidelines to tackle ailments like diabetes and heart disease, as the protocols currently used in India to treat them are more suited to westerners, says a latest International Journal of Obesity study. Experts say Indians face a higher risk of diabetes and heart disease due to dietary habits […]
17-Day Diet the new weight loss rage
Posted by: admin on: July 1, 2011
There’s a new diet rage that has cropped up just in time for us to slim down in preparation for bathing suit season. The 17-Day Diet is the idea of Michael Moreno, a hunky family medicine doctor in California. It’s gotten the attention of Dr. Phil and the talk show The Doctors, which have […]
Five Minutes a day may keep Dialysis away
Posted by: admin on: July 1, 2011
Diagnosing chronic kidney disease (CKD) can be confusing, but its importance cannot be underscored enough. In a series of videos less than 5 minutes long, Lynda Szczech, MD, provides key practical how-to’s on screening your patients for CKD and why to do it. After watching these videos, you will feel like you have completed the […]
Caring for women with diabetes
Posted by: admin on: June 30, 2011
Women present unique disease-management challenges for clinicians whether they suffer from type 1, type 2 or gestational diabetes. One-in-three women with diabetes will die from heart disease compared to one in nine women without the condition. In fact, women with diabetes generally have shorter life spans than women without the disease, and are more likely […]
FDA Approves Oral Contraceptive Containing Folate
Posted by: admin on: June 27, 2011
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an oral contraceptive — the first of its kind — that is intended both to prevent pregnancy and reduce the risk for neural tube defects in newborns if and when users of the pill give birth. The new contraceptive contains levomefolate calcium, a metabolite of folic […]
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