Category Archives: Other Health

I’ll try to put this in layman’s terms; a percentage of fats, proteins and carbohydrates gets broken down into glucose (carbohydrate are the bulk of incoming sugars). In terms of diabetes, when we talk about sugar/carbohydrates, it is common that … Continue reading →

Cardiovascular disease kills some 17 million people each year, and about 80 percent of these deaths occur in the developing world. Not every country is affected equally. But when scientists study populations in different countries, their results are influenced by … Continue reading →

A new study released by the Registrar General of India indicates that obesity-related diseases have joined malnutrition as leading causes of death. As India’s economy grows, so does the temptation for many people to eat more and do less. Tired … Continue reading →

Mary Beth Eilders knew lifestyle changes were in order. The German Valley, Ill., resident didn’t exercise with any consistency, smoked up to a pack of cigarettes a day for 20 years and, at one point, weighed 240 pounds. She quit … Continue reading →

By Dr. Murray Feingold Recently, I stopped at a drug store to buy a newspaper and strolled by the pharmacy counter. There was a long line of people waiting to pick up their prescriptions. And they weren’t all oldsters. Looking … Continue reading →

The National Institutes of Health, America’s federally-funded medical research organization, is spearheading efforts to establish chronic disease centers in 11 developing countries, where illnesses such as diabetes, cancer and heart disease have become bigger killers than infectious disease. Chronic, lifestyle-related … Continue reading →

Here is sobering news. The World Health Organization says more than one billion adults are fat, and at least 400 million people are obese. As old fashioned as it sounds, doctors say the best way to lose weight is to … Continue reading →

Epidemiologist Joel Selanikio has used the explosion in mobile phone technology and the World Wide Web to deliver more effective public health services throughout the developing world.  Dr. Selanikio and his organization DataDyne.org are making a difference by improving the … Continue reading →

As U.S. lawmakers work toward a final agreement on overhauling health care, President Barack Obama says some of the reforms will take effect this year. The president admits, however, that other changes will not be in place for several years. … Continue reading →

By Dean Olsen Enterprise News Service SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Veteran central Illinois broadcaster Bob Murray lost 170 pounds on a liquid diet and got down to 210 – his “perfect weight” – in 2002. ************ He maintained that weight for … Continue reading →

While scientists have known for decades that vitamin D deficiency leads to bone diseases like rickets, more recently they have found connections between low vitamin D levels and a wide range of other illnesses, including cancer, autoimmune disorders and caradiovascular … Continue reading →

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Diabetic Starvation I’ve read many articles on diabetes, but there is one subject that seems to be seriously overlooked; and that is….. diabetics who are starving themselves, because they think its the only way, to control sugar AND loose weight … Continue reading →