Some people just don’t feel like facing another turkey for Thanksgiving. If you are one of them, and looking for diabetes-friendly recipes, I’m sharing a couple of recipes from Diabetic Living* that could a change of pace for this year’s feast. “Walnut-Rosemary Crusted Salmon* Serves 4 Ingredients 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard 1 clove...
Read MoreClimate Change and Lung Health
In October, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report, Global Warming of 1.5 degrees C. Invited to provide guidance to the United Nations, this group of 91 scientists, authors and editors from 40 countries reviewed over six thousand scientific papers. Their many conclusions tell us that we have very little time to act. Many...
Read MoreFlu and Vaccinations
I may be a little late in getting one, but I’m going to get the flu vaccine this year. In the US, it is recommended that you get the flu vaccine in October. That gives you time–two weeks–to build immunity to the flu before the “flu season” hits. One reason to get the vaccine is to help protect other people from influenza. This...
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Here is an infographic of heart facts with some surprises from the Cleveland Clinic....
Read MoreNobel Prize in Medicine, Dr. James Allison and “Hope”
At a press briefing at the International Cancer Immunotherapy Conference in New York, held October 1 just after receiving notification from the Nobel committee, Dr. James Allison said that the prize “should give patients hope because we’ve got things that we know work. If this didn’t work, there would have been no prize.” This “work”...
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