by Gary Pepper M.D. | May 25, 2008 | diabetes
In other areas of diabetes care, the American Academy of Endocrinologists (AACE) has spent the past year promoting new and stricter guidelines for maintaining near normal blood sugar levels in diabetics with life threatening conditions in the intensive care unit. At...
by Gary Pepper M.D. | Apr 29, 2008 | diet, diet and weight loss, metabolism, nutrition, weight loss
Metabolism is the fine art of transforming nutrients of the most diverse nature and origin into usable basic building blocks for the body. Metabolism has 2 parts: anabolism and catabolism, the former builds and the latter destroys compounds. The life of the healthy...
by Gary Pepper M.D. | Apr 3, 2008 | nutrition
By Scott M. Shannon, author of Please Don’t Label My Child Once a child moves beyond breastfeeding, it’s up to us parents to take on the awesome responsibility of navigating our way through a pretty lousy American diet and nourishing our kids in ways that...
by Gary Pepper M.D. | Mar 24, 2008 | nutrition
by Susan Jacobs A study conducted by Boston University shows that the fastest growing area of the American population is the centenarian community (i.e., those who are 100 years of age or older). The second largest growing area is people who are 85 years or older. In...
by Gary Pepper M.D. | Feb 29, 2008 | diabetes
Stumbles and false starts mared the past 12 months for diabetes care in the U.S. It began with the report that one of the nation’s most highly prescribed diabetes medications, Avandia, could possibly increase the risk of heart attacks. While the drug avoided being...
by Gary Pepper M.D. | Feb 12, 2008 | diabetes, diet and weight loss, weight loss
In recent developments, researchers have been working with an implantable device which reduces hunger and has been shown to cause weight loss and improve blood sugar in diabetics. The device called the Tantalus system, is implanted laparoscopically (through a small...
