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Fallon Clinic honors doctors
Fallon Clinic announced that several of its physicians were honored at the 2009 annual Physician Awards Presentation on May 11, 2010. The award nominees were selected by their colleagues and then voted on by a committee of their peers. The winners in their respective categories are as follows: Physician of the Year Award: Dr. Achal Aggarwal; Teacher of the Year Award: Dr. Frederick J. McCready …

i had a doctor come in to my class today and non stop talk about how they were in pursuit of finding a cure for type 2 diabetes. Im of course glad to hear that, but what about type one. Ive had type one for about 10 years now and i havent heard about any new treatments other then stem cells, and the pump. why? type one is way worse then type 2

-Do you HAVE to have high blood pressure to be a diabetic? (Can you be a diabetic if your blood-pressure isn’t high?)

-If you go to a doctor, and they take a urine sample to check your kidneys… they would be able to tell if you had diabetes, right?

-Does diabetes have anything to do with high-blood pressure? Does it have anything to do with your kidneys?

-Could you tell if someone had diabetes from a urine sample… or do you NEED a blood sample?

It would be great if you could answer these questions. Thanks a lot!

I have a doctor’s appointment tomorrow and due to my weight of 315 pounds and the fact that I would be considered morbidly obese with a BMI greater than 40, I will most likely be tested for type 2 diabetes. I wouldn’t be suprised if I do have it though.

In 1995 I suffered from acute pancreatitis. Surgeons removed 90% of my pancreas and this left me Type 2 diabetic. I was doing fine on pills until this past december my Endocrinologist decided to put me on Humulin R(about 15 units before meals) and and later on added Lantus(about 55 units 2x day) Insulins. In addition I’ve eaten healthier but I’ve gained about 20lbs. I really hate this and I want to get off insulin but doctors tell me that i had been using the pills (glyburide/metformin < and other variants of all these before that> and Actos) for too long and its not healthy for my liver. I’d prefer to not be on insulin dependency. I know there are stem cell studies and other research going on. But is there anything else I should be looking into ? Is insulin safe? The ingredients are horrific!
Has anyone had success with other methods???
I live in Arizona I’m a 44 year old male.
Thanks for your help.

I would just like to get a general feel for how many people out there actually beleive doctors know anything about nutrition or real health…and not just treating symtoms.

My friend recently went to the doctor and was told that she needs to stop eating anything with legs, only fish is okay. But she doesn’t like fish, so the doctor basically told her that she should become a vegetarian. I told her that would be a good choice to make for her health and that she should listen to her doctor. She does not want to because she insists doctors don’t know diddly squat about diets/nutrition. I really care about her well being and would like her to make the right choice. She has health problems caused by her weight, like high cholesterol, blockage, high blood pressure, etc, and if she does not change something, she is headed for a heart attack pretty shortly. How can I convince her to take the doctor’s advice without being to pushy?

My grandmother is 90 years old and has congestive heart failure. She also is a diabetic that takes three insulin shots per day. In the last week she had two heart attacks, and the doctors have said there is little more that they can do for her. Monday, Hospice is going to step in and they will take her off all her medications and just give her morphine for pain until she passes away. I am just wondering what will happen to her once they stop giving her the insulin.

I do not add other details and want to know general answer first. Vein condition and changes? Diabetes? Deficiencies? Etc.?

(Other things should be considered in addition if this nutrition passes in conditions of stress in prison (no trial for 4 years) and done not by outside doctors, i.e. should fit into goals of interrogation. It is done by force, without agreement of prisoner. Interogation may use some substances too.