A recent report revealed the enormous impact of PCOS hidden symptoms, with diagnosis and lifetime treatments costing the U.S. around $8 billion a year. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) affects up to 20% of reproductive-age women—yet most remain undiagnosed for years. If you have PCOS, obviously you’re not alone. It’s estimated that PCOS affects one woman in […]
Tag: Diabetes Prevention
TELL ME SOMETHING I DON’T KNOW ABOUT PRE-DIABETES AND DIABETES
Last week, I talked about the importance of getting your act together if you learn you have pre-diabetes. This is when your body can’t handle excess sugar (glucose) and something has gone wrong with the control system, namely insulin, which lowers glucose, from your pancreas, which produces insulin. Remember, one adult in three is pre-diabetic […]
PREDIABETES, DIABETES, AND YOU
When I was in medical school, I was repeatedly told, “If you learn ‘diabetes’, you’ll learn all you’ll need to be a good doctor.” I soon learned the basis of this cryptic sentence was that diabetes, whether Type 1 (childhood) or Type 2 (the far more common adult onset), if left unchecked, could go on […]