Introduction: Diabetes affects about 1: 10 people in the United States. That’s a whopping 36 million people. Of this total number, 90 – 95% of them have type 2 diabetes. The very rapid increase in the incidence of type 2 diabetes has been called an epidemic and is very closely...
A patient asked me the other day if I thought he was fat. I smiled and almost brushed his question aside but quickly realized he was serious and looking for an answer. He had been skinny all his life and had an image of what his body should look like....
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month. Our mental health affects our physical health in many ways. Unfortunately in the minority population, cultural taboos sometimes make it difficult for us to seek help.There is an abundance of mental health challenges in minority populations, a lot of which have to do...
According to data from the CDC, the death rate for African-Americans decreased by 25% from 1999 to 2015. However, African-Americans ages 18-49 are 2 times as likely to die from heart disease as their Caucasian counterparts. Also those between ages 35-60 are 50% more likely to have high blood pressure...
