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July 24, 2009
There is no doubt that by now you have realized there are many goals that your doctor is using in regard to your diabetes control. The goals are your ...
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July 17, 2009
I know, I know, âeveryone is high off the recent Carnival festivities and just slooowly getting back into the swing of things. And now look, I need ...
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July 10, 2009
As we go along talking about diabetes and its complications, you will notice that cholesterol keeps popping up in the discussion, too. {{more}} While ...
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July 3, 2009
This week we will talk a bit about some easy treatments for peripheral vascular disease. I say âeasyâ because they are all within your reach as in...
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June 26, 2009
Most of you have heard of heart disease (if not before, definitely after reading the last few weeks of Sugar Matters!). However a good number of you m...
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June 19, 2009
CPR-cardiopulmonary resuscitation-you all know it well. Yes you do, at least you can recognize it on TV and the movies all the time. The scene: Somebo...
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June 12, 2009
Today I completed my re-certification exam for Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS). All doctors have this training at some time, as do all nurses tha...
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June 5, 2009
For the most part, many doctors will approach people with type 2 diabetes as though they already have heart disease, meaning that the recommendations ...
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May 29, 2009
Diabetes and heart disease in the same house Last week we talked about what heart disease IS and basics on why it occurs in people with diabetes. This...
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May 22, 2009
Diabetes and Heart disease continued To continue on with our discussion about diabetes and heart disease, we will start with the one basic question-wh...
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May 15, 2009
The first time your diabetes doctor says: â I will need a urine sample,â you may accidentally give him/her a shocked look. What on earth could you...
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May 8, 2009
Over the next few weeks, I would like to focus on a particular complication of diabetes: heart disease. Some of you may think this is just beating a d...
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April 30, 2009
We have come to the end of our series about diabetes-related complications. Even though we did not go into great depth about each and every system, yo...
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April 24, 2009
We tend to pay attention to our skin when we think something is wrong and other people will notice, like with acne, burns or discoloration. Otherwise ...
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April 17, 2009
You knew this was coming, didnât you? Come on, itâs been weeks since a test! Before we move on to finish up our initial series on diabetes-related...
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April 9, 2009
Last night you got into bed and just as you started to relax, creepy crawly feeling start in your feet. Or BOOM, your feet jump. Maybe your mate turne...
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April 3, 2009
This week is a bit less fun than last week, although perhaps reading about how diabetes can decrease sexual function was NOT FUN. This week we will fo...
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March 27, 2009
Hold up, before you either throw this paper away or hide it from your children: we will be discussing how diabetes can affect sexual organs, and I wil...
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March 20, 2009
Of all the places diabetes can affect, the liver seems to be one of the most unlikely. Everyone has heard about alcohol affecting your liver, right? A...
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March 13, 2009
Our trek through your gastrointestinal system continues today. As with last week, some of this will not be the most pleasant dinnertime conversation: ...
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March 6, 2009
For those of you eating while you read this: you may want to stop, finish your food, then return to read. This week we start a two-part discussion abo...
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February 27, 2009
I am jumping ahead a bit to the effect of diabetes in pregnancy because of something that happened this week. I saw a patient this week that I have be...
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February 20, 2009
As we continue our journey through your body, we now stop in your lungs. As you know, your lungs are well protected behind your ribs. During every sec...
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February 13, 2009
This week I want to touch again on heart disease by going through a few misunderstandings some may have about this disease. Have you said any of these...
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January 30, 2009
Considering that we use our mouth and teeth so much everyday, it is interesting that somehow this area of the body sometimes does not receive much att...
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January 23, 2009
A few weeks ago we spoke about diabetes and its effects on your eyes. I wanted to revisit this important topic because eye disease is one of the sadde...
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January 16, 2009
â...Can you share any info as to the which ground provision is lowest in carbohydrates, among the following: cassava, breadfruit, dasheen, eddoes, y...
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January 9, 2009
Greetings, fellow Vincies! I hope you have all rung in the New Year on a high note and are well on your way to a fantastic year. Resolutions or not, w...
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December 23, 2008
Ah, 2009. What will this New Year bring? Only our Lord knows, but I am sure of one thing: many of you have high hopes for this New Year. Just in case ...
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December 19, 2008
I am taking a break from our series on complications since Christmas is on our doorstep. I love Christmas, for many many reasons, not the least of whi...
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December 12, 2008
Sure, you could make all sorts of cute jokes about âhaving sweet thoughtsâ when we start discussing the effects of diabetes on your brain. But jok...
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December 5, 2008
Your eyes: black, brown, hazel, blue, green and everything in between. We are so dependent on this sense for much of our lives; it is sometimes hard t...
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November 28, 2008
Hopefully, most of you are still on speaking terms with me after last weekâs riot act reading. Still friends? Good! Today we start a longer series a...
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November 21, 2008
Those of you who know me personally will agree that I am generally an easy-going person, although I admittedly like to argue now and then (I can alrea...
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November 14, 2008
Ah, fellow Vincies, I need to call you to action. There are a few projects under my belt and I cannot complete them without your help. Where, oh where...
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November 7, 2008
Just when you thought your time for tests was over :) A few important points from our previous weeksâ discussions: TRUE OR FALSE: 1) The dose of med...
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October 31, 2008
Everyone can agree that in many ways someone over the age of 70 can be very different than those much younger. And so, when you start talking about di...
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October 24, 2008
I know this weekâs column may be a bit of a surprise to you because, as I recall in SVG, we donât like to talk about depression, at least not in a...
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October 17, 2008
In the midst of mentally going through topics I should discuss during our current series on diabetes in our elder population, I received an e-mail fro...
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October 10, 2008
Everyone can agree that in many ways someone over the age of 70 can be very different than those much younger. And so, when you start talking about di...
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October 3, 2008
Given our successful focus on pregnancy during he past few weeks, I thought perhaps we could continue with looking at Diabetes in specific groups of p...
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September 26, 2008
Okay Vincy Mamas, this is our last week devoted to diabetes in pregnancy. Hopefully, you are all hanging n there, enjoying your pregnancies and stayin...
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September 19, 2008
Okay, ladies, this is where you, as my mother would say, will put your nose to the grindstone. For some of you, having diabetes during your pregnancy ...
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