diabetes

Paula Deen Gets Healthy, Sheds 30 Pounds

Posted on 06/28/2012 by Candy Sagon | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthThe secret to losing weight? Getting paid millions to be the public (non-pudgy) face of a diabetes drug campaign. Evidently, that has worked for celebrity chef Paula Deen, doyenne of Southern fried everything, who has lost 30 pounds since revealing six months ago she had Type 2 diabetes and would be promoting a new diabetes drug. You can see her newly svelte self on the cover of People magazine on Friday. Since sharing her diabetes diagnosis, she tells People magazine …

Forget The Scale: Measure Your Waist To Predict Health Risk

Posted on 06/7/2012 by Candy Sagon | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthIs your waist measurement more than half your height? Then you could be at increased risk for diabetes and heart disease. That’s what British researchers found after following 30,000 middle-aged Europeans for up to 17 years: Waist size, not just weight or Body Mass Index (BMI), was a better predictor for high blood pressure, diabetes and cardiovascular problems. “Keeping your waist circumference to less than half your height can help increase life expectancy for every person in the world,” said …

Diabetes Has Claimed My Husband’s Erection

Posted on 05/11/2012 by Dr. Pepper Schwartz | Sex & Relationships | Comments

Home & Family | Personal HealthQ: I’m not sure how to address this situation: My husband is diabetic and has numerous other health issues. He really wants to have sex but can’t achieve or maintain an erection. He’s seeing an endocrinologist to find a doable solution. What options are available for us to be able to rekindle a dead sex life? — CO This is a tough situation because diabetes, as you know, affects erectile ability and the medicines that are necessary to control it …

Weight-Loss Surgery Reverses Diabetes For Obese Patients

Posted on 03/27/2012 by Candy Sagon | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal Health ”Diabesity” — Type 2 diabetes brought on by obesity — can be reversed by stomach-reducing surgery like gastric bypass and researchers say the operation should be offered sooner to obese and overweight patients instead of as a last resort. Two new studies, one at the Cleveland Clinic, the other at Catholic University in Rome, are among the first to compare the effectiveness of two types of bariatric surgery with traditional medicine in controlling Type 2 diabetes. Both studies found that …

First Weekly Diabetes Drug Wins FDA Approval

Posted on 02/28/2012 by Candy Sagon | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthWell, now we know why celebrity chef Paula Deen was recently hired to promote the daily diabetes drug she takes: That drug is getting some new competition from Bydureon, the first once-a-week treatment for Type 2 diabetes approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA approved the injectable, extended-release drug last month after several delays due to government concerns that it might cause heart rhythm abnormalities. Manufacturer Amylin Pharmaceuticals expects the drug to be available in pharmacies this …

Paula Deen’s Diabetes: Inspirational or Hypocritical?

Posted on 01/18/2012 by Candy Sagon | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthFor three years, celebrity chef Paula Deen — the high priestess of the “add more butter” school of cooking — has kept quiet about her Type 2 diabetes, while still urging people to make the kind of high-fat, high-calorie food that can lead to obesity, a risk factor for…..Type 2 diabetes. Except apparently she’s had a change of heart, going public about her disease now that she’s just signed a lucrative endorsement contract with diabetes drugmaker Novo Nordisk, the company …