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Low-Fat Diet: Why Fat-Free Isn't Trouble-Free
If your goal is to keep cholesterol levels down or lose weight, 'fat-free' isn't a magic bullet.
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Happy Weight Vs. Healthy Weight
That’s when a study in The Journal of the American Medical Association reported that people who were up to 30 pounds overweight were less likely to...
Read moreUnderstanding Diabetes -- Diagnosis and Treatment
Your doctor may suspect you have diabetes if you have some risk factors for diabetes, or if you have high levels of blood sugar in your urine. If y...
Read moreHow to Use The Glycemic Index
You can also find glycemic index lists for common foods on the Internet. Foods that are close to how they're found in nature tend to have a lower g...
Read moreDiabetes Basics
People with diabetes either don't make insulin or their body's cells are resistant to insulin, leading to high levels of sugar circulating in the b...
Read moreMen and Type 2 Diabetes
The big proof of that came in a study of 3,234 people who were overweight and had higher blood glucose levels, putting them in the crosshairs of di...
Read moreDiabetes Care Team
Because your primary care doctor is your main source of care, they will most likely head up your diabetes care team. An endocrinologist is a doctor...
Read morePostpartum Depression
Postpartum depression (PPD) is a complex mix of physical, emotional, and behavioral changes that happen in some women after giving birth. About 1 o...
Read moreDepression Medicines
Someone may have a serious medical problem, such as heart disease or liver or kidney disease, that could make some antidepressants unsafe. Working ...
Read moreInterpersonal Therapy for Depression
Instead the therapist works collaboratively with the patient, either individually or in a group, to identify and then address one or two significan...
Read moreTypes of Depression
It's normal to feel down once in a while, but if you're sad most of the time and it affects your daily life, you may have clinical depression. You'...
Read moreDepression Diagnosis
To effectively diagnose and treat depression, the doctor must hear about specific symptoms of depression. Observable or behavioral symptoms of clin...
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