How to prevent high-risk conditions that could lead to amputation Who is affected? The American Diabetes Association says the risk of ulcers or amputations is greater among people who have had diabetes for more than 10 years, are male, have poor glucose control or have heart, eye or kidney complications. Other risk factors include being […]
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Diabulimia – When Diabetes Meets an Eating Disorder
Forty percent of girls and women with Type 1 diabetes have or will develop an eating disorder. Diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 5, Asha Brown was aware that the insulin she required daily to survive could also invite an unpleasant side effect: weight gain. By the time she was a teenager, she began skimping […]
Burning Truth About Urinary Tract Infection
A burning sensation while peeing, bladder pain, uncomfortable urgency and cloudy, foul urine – few things are less pleasant than a urinary tract infection. It’s even worse when your kidneys are affected and fever, lower back pain, vomiting and nausea arise. For some women, UTIs are the aggravating aftermath of having sex. In men, prostate issues can lead […]
Doing Less PSA Test For Prostate Cancer Screening
In 2011, the United States Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) made a recommendation to discontinue PSA screening. This shocked the medical community responsible for treating prostate cancer, primarily the urologists and radiation therapists, who have passionately believed that early diagnosis and early treatment of prostate cancer saves lives. However, with radical prostatectomy rates continually […]
What You Have Not Been Told About Acetaminophen
Health Canada and the makers of Tylenol know how many Canadians die every year from acetaminophen, Canada’s most commonly used painkiller. But they haven’t told you. The Star has obtained an internal report from drug manufacturer Johnson & Johnson — never before made public — that found between 2000 and 2011, an average of 68 […]