Chronic Illness

Diabetes & Obesity: Why Conventional Medicine Makes Things Worse

Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 12.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Ultrawellness, Type 2 Diabetes, Chronic Illness, Overweight, Diabetes, Mark Hyman MD, Insulin Resistance, Blood Sugar, Obesity, Health, Living News
Mark Hyman, MD

I want to share a startling new discovery with you: Lowering your blood sugar may increase your risk of death.

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The Diabesity Epidemic Part 1: How Diabetes And Obesity Are Ravaging America Today

Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 12.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Ultrawellness, Type 2 Diabetes, Chronic Illness, Overweight, Diabetes, Mark Hyman MD, Insulin Resistance, Blood Sugar, Obesity, Health, Living News
Mark Hyman, MD

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.

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Integrating an Ounce of Prevention

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Duke Integrative Medicine, Integrative Medicine, Medicare, Chronic Illness, Preventative Medicine, Health Coach, Living News
Dr. Jon LaPook

In recent years, a new and intriguing concept has emerged in the prevention and treatment of chronic illness: the health coach.

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Chronic Illness-What Works? Understanding Metabolic Detoxification

Jeffrey Bland, Ph.D | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Jeffrey Bland, Dr. Jeffrey Bland, Metabolic Detoxification, Health, Chronic Illness, Functional Medicine, Health Care, Healthcare, Chronic Disease, Living News
Jeffrey Bland, Ph.D

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.

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Chronic Illness: What Works? Part One: The Four 'R' Program

Jeffrey Bland, Ph.D | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Functional Medicine, Allergies, Dr. Jeffrey Bland, Health, Chronic Illness, Living News
Jeffrey Bland, Ph.D

I have come to recognize that there are three therapies that stand above others in helping to reduce the burden of many chronic illnesses.

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Newsweek's Misleading Account of Latest Marriage Study

Bella DePaulo | Posted 08.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Mark Sanford, Depression, Singled Out, Divorce, Marriage, Jon and Kate, Marriage Movement, Widow, Media, Policy, Myths, Age of Marriage, Journalism, Singlism, Methodological Problems, Health, Single, Chronic Illness, Remarriage, Newsweek, Living News
Bella DePaulo

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.

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Re-forming Health Care: It's About Health, Not Just Insurance

Nancy Whitelaw | Posted 07.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Elderly, Aging, Chronically Ill, Chronic Illness, Health Care, Healthcare, Health, Living News
Nancy Whitelaw

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.

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Obama's Health Plan: What Matters the Most is Missing

Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 08.06.2009 | Home

Read More: Psoriasis, Depression, Chronic Disease, Health, Osteoarthiritis, Asthma, Health Care Reform, Adhd, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Obesity, Chronic Illness, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Functional Medicine, Medicine, Wellness, Home News
Mark Hyman, MD

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.

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First, Repair the Human Infrastructure

Chris Norwood | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Diabetes, Poor Neighborhoods, Chronic Illness, Bailout, Human Infrastructure, Barack Obama, Health, Politics News
Chris Norwood

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.

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Obama Interviews the Medical Blogosphere on Healthcare Reform

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Depression, Physicians, Nursing, Medicine 2.0, Grand Rounds Blog Carnival, Blog Carnival, Training, Psychological Help, Mental Health, Antipsychotics, Obama, Innovation, Drugs, Patients, Kaiser Family Foundation, Stress, Medical Help, Non Pharmacological, Uninsured, Insurance, Health, Stress Free, Exercise, Grand Rounds, Meditation, Technology, Chronic Illness, Medicine, Healthcare, Learn, Politics News
Alvaro Fernandez

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.

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