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About two months ago I had gone for a haircut. While the stylist did her job she mentioned my thin hair. I informed her I was diabetic and that I had constant problems with some hair falling out every time I shampooed or even combed my hair. She suggested Nioxin. Alex found this at Ulta. [...]

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It’s important to learn more about cholesterol if you have been recently diagnosed. Cholesterol is a fat-like substance that helps cells in your body function properly. Too much and contributes to atherosclerosis and potentially heart attack. You get cholesterol from food and what is made in your body.
HDL is the “good” cholesterol. This is a [...]

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Sunday evening I had such severe stabbing pain in my lower back left side and felt like I was going to vomit any second. Alex rushed me to the ER where we sat for an hour before my being seen. Once in the ER I did begin vomiting and kept vomiting. A CT scan was [...]

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Anne Rueter of the University of Michigan Health System wrote an interesting article about this subject recently. A common blood test for triglycerides may for the first time allow doctors to predict which patients with diabetes will be more likely to develop the serious, common complication of neuropathy. The study is now online in the [...]

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Having just come home from a 2 day stay in the hospital for kidney stones, I discovered something else while in there. My blood sugar levels not only elevated, so did my triglycerides.  Curious about these things in my body, I did some research about them. I wanted to share what I learned. Interesting things, [...]

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