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The 411 on Heart Disease + Diabetes

By AllisonN on February 17, 2011

Last month, we launched a new series on diabetes complications. The idea is definitely not to use scare tactics to convince you to take better care of yourself, but rather to embrace the notion that “knowledge is power” and that if you are diagnosed with a complication, life goes on…
(Hey, we’re facing our own worst fears here, too)

It just so happens that February is National Heart Month (go figure), so this month we’re…

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Statin-ed!

By AmyT on March 11, 2009

Funny how issues can swirl right past you, until they become personal. Then suddenly you awake to find yourself at the center of the storm!  What I’m getting at here is that a few weeks ago, my endo decided I should start taking a statin drug.  And all of a sudden, all the hullaballoo over these widely-touted cholesterol-lowering pills hit home.
Research suggests that statins are very effective in reducing heart risk, especially for people…

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