Diabetes & Obesity: Why Conventional Medicine Makes Things Worse
I want to share a startling new discovery with you: Lowering your blood sugar may increase your risk of death.
I want to share a startling new discovery with you: Lowering your blood sugar may increase your risk of death.
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 12.10.2009 | Living
Do you suffer from diabetes, monitor your blood sugar all the time, have blood sugar or insulin imbalances, elevated cholesterol? If so, you may find this story of one my patient's very interesting.
Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living
In recent years, a new and intriguing concept has emerged in the prevention and treatment of chronic illness: the health coach.
Jeffrey Bland, Ph.D | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living
Years ago, the term "detoxification" was often only applied to a program for those with a drug or alcohol abuse issue, but today there are much broader and more significant applications of this concept in health care.
Jeffrey Bland, Ph.D | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living
I have come to recognize that there are three therapies that stand above others in helping to reduce the burden of many chronic illnesses.
Bella DePaulo | Posted 08.28.2009 | Living
A new day has dawned, and with it another study of marriage misrepresented in the media: as always, implying that getting married results in better outcomes than it actually does.
Nancy Whitelaw | Posted 07.25.2009 | Living
It's critical to refocus the healthcare conversation on proven, cost-effective ways to improve people's health, particularly for one crucially important -- and costly -- group: the chronically ill.
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 08.06.2009 | Home
To effectively reform healthcare in the U.S., we must change not only the way we practice medicine, but also the type of medicine we practice.
Chris Norwood | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics
In barely a decade, stimulus funding used strategically now to prevent and control chronic illness will save billions in the galloping costs of medical care and disability.
Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics
Without further ado, below you have this week's Grand Rounds -- a Q&A session with over 30 bloggers led by the incoming President on how to reform (for the better, we hope) healthcare.
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 12.19.2009 | Living