What is Diabetes?

Diabetes is a serious health disorder.  I am hesitant to call it a disease, because depending on the cause and type of diabetes, it can be reversed in many situations (or managed), and some types can be prevented.  The conditions that occur if diabetes is not well-managed, are what are really considered diseases.  You never…

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GET An Expert Nurse Practitioner That Gets It?

Did you know that the word “doctor” means “docere,” which is latin for “teacher.”  I may not have the “M.D.” credentials behind my name, but I guarantee you that by that definition (and many others), I am a doctor.  But does today’s doctor really “teach,” or do they mainly “prescribe?” I love doctors, but unlike…

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GET Diet Therapy

If you are a health care provider, you will find this book to be the holy grail on diet therapy to improve your patients outcomes.  Remember: FOOD IS MEDICINE PURCHASE HERE:  DIET THERAPY IN ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING: Nutrition Prescriptions for Improved Patient Outcomes by Katie Ferraro, MS, RD & Cheryl Winter, MS RD, MS APRN, FNP-BC

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Dining with DeFronzo

Just last week on my blog, I posted “Today’s Diabetes is NOT Your Grandma’s Disease,” and briefly wrote of the pioneer research work of Dr. Ralph DeFronzo, of the University of Texas, San Antonio. Less than one week later after making this blog post, on March 1, 2013, I had the pleasure of attending the…

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ApoE Genotyping

Is your cardiovascular treatment strategy best for your specific genetic composition? This test determines an individual’s genetic risk associated with the Apolipoprotein E gene. The results of the genotyping of Apolipoprotein E have important implications in the treatment strategies for individual patients in reducing cardiovascular disease risk. This test will also provide information that will let…

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