Saturday, 23 Sep 2023

Obesity Part 1 – drug treatment

This week’s illustration is the Willendorf Venus, circa 25,000 BC, the oldest known man-made representation of the human form. There…

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Saturday, 26 Feb 2022

Diabetes Part 2

Illustration This week’s illustration is a histogram showing the effect of different degrees of weight loss on the remission of…

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Saturday, 19 Feb 2022

Diabetes Part 1

T2DM Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is what we are talking about. Type 1 DM is something else, although it…

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Saturday, 29 Aug 2020

PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE

Atheroma and Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) The cause of PVD Atheroma – popularly known as “hardening of the arteries” –…

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Saturday, 8 Aug 2020

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE

The Coronary Arteries The heart, though full of blood, still needs its own arteries to supply nourishment and oxygen to…

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Saturday, 1 Aug 2020

THE METABOLIC SYNDROME

What on Earth is that? Well, it is a rather important cluster of some of the conditions which I have described…

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Saturday, 25 Jul 2020

EXERCISE AND THE MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES

Weight control is critical to the prevention and treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). It is a combination of…

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Saturday, 18 Jul 2020

DIABETES

Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is what I will be discussing. Type 1 DM…

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Saturday, 13 Jun 2020

THE CONSEQUENCES OF BEING OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE

Is obesity a disease? There is disagreement in both the medical profession and in the general public about the status…

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Saturday, 11 Apr 2020

SITTING IN THE TIME OF CORONA

In these  “stay at home” days many of us will have found ways to keep active and many may have…

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