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  • Children and Diabetes

    I recently wrote an article about the importance of recognizing symptoms related to Diabetes.  What I did not do was emphasize the importance of recognizing these same symptoms in children.  Pediatric clients have a much harder time when...

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    Farmers' Market could be your pharmacy to wellness

    What an exciting time of the year for 20 million Americans who have been diagnosed with the chronic disease of diabetes. According to medical research and a new book 'The End of Diabetes' this lifelong disease can be...

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    Higher mercury levels linked to lifelong diabetes risk (Video)

    High levels of mercury exposure in early adulthood carries a 65% life long riskThis new study lead by Dr. Ka He , MD., ScD, MPH, Chair and Professor, Epidemiology and Statistics Department, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, is the...

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    Brussels sprouts and pear stir-fry

    The lowly Brussels sprout often seems to be a forgotten vegetable.  Steam them whole and they just sit there looking like mini cabbages, with not much of flavor punch at all.  Consider chopping up those Brussels sprouts into...

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    Michael Wolf named Secretary of Health Department

    Governor Tom Corbett officially named Michael Wolf as Secretary of the Department of Health. Wolf has been the Acting Secretary of Health since October 2012. As Secretary, he oversees the regulation of Pennsylvania's hospitals, nursing homes and various...

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  • Be Active

    The Week Ahead: Lancaster runs

    The Lancaster Road Runners Club (LRRC) holds regularly scheduled runs on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. Every Sunday LRRC members meet at Long’s Park for a run from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday...

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    Diabetes research focuses on drugs, not prevention

    Dr. Jennifer Green and colleagues at Duke University Medical Center published an analysis of diabetes research in the April 5, 2013, issue of Diabetologia, the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), that critiques diabetes research...

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  • ‘Vitamins and minerals may be diminished by over prescribed medicine.’

    Depletion of vitamins and minerals due to prescribed drugs.

    ‘Vitamins and minerals may be diminished by over prescribed medicine.’ The article was published in the journal of nutrition on April 1st, 2013. Drugs interact with vitamins creating their malabsorption and lessen bio viability in the intestines. ...

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  • The Unknown

    When we do not know about a something we call it strange, weird, or depending on what we are referring to we might even call it a monster.  There are many illnesses out there that are still undiagnosed, and...

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  • Measurements to prevent heart disease

    The American Heart Association claims that approximately 300,000 people in the United States die each year from heart disease, but many forms of heart disease can be prevented with healthy lifestyle choices.  Keeping blood pressure, cholesterol readings, blood...

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