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4 Common Diabetes Myths Debunked
(StatePoint) Knowing the facts about Type 2 diabetes is important for everyone, as living a healthy lifestyle can play a key role in helping to prevent and control the disease. In honor of American Diabetes Month this November, the Certified Diabetes Educators at Nutrisystem are debunking some common myths. Myth: I’m a healthy weight —…
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Do These Pills Make Me Look Fat? Antibiotics, Obesity and Other Negative Effects
The discovery of the antibacterial activity of penicillin by Alexander Fleming in 1929 represents one of the singular moments in human history. The number of lives saved is beyond calculation. Medicine was revolutionized by that discovery. The success of antibiotics is based upon their ability to interfere with a bacterial growth, metabolism, or reproduction. The…
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Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease
By Dr. David Perlmutter, MD, FACN, ABIHM According to the Alzheimer’s association, 5.3 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) or some other form of dementia. Given that November is Alzheimer’s awareness month, what better time to examine all of the things we can do to help prevent this and other neurodegenerative disorders? One of…
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New Research Could Help in the Fight Against Infection, Cancer and Allergies
New research has uncovered an important mechanism in the drive to understand immunological processes that protect us against infection, allergy and cancer. Researchers from Medicine, Chemistry and Biological Sciences in the University’s Institute for Life Science (IfLS) have been collaborating with Microsoft Research UK to investigate the function of the antigen-presenting protein MHC1. Their research,…
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As Flu Season Returns, so Does the Need for Flu Vaccine
Flu vaccine is now available in Texas, and the Texas Department of State Health Services reminds people that there is no reason to wait to be vaccinated. The number of flu cases will soon be increasing, so people should protect themselves and their families with flu shots now. Everyone 6 months old and older should…
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5 Myths about Kidney Disease Debunked
(StatePoint) Think you have the facts about kidney disease? Here are five common misconceptions debunked. Myth 1. Kidney disease is rare. Twenty-six million American adults have kidney disease and most don’t know it, according to the National Kidney Foundation. The problem? Kidney disease can be fatal, killing more people each year than breast and prostate…
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Volunteer Auxiliary Donates Vital Sign Machines
The CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial Lufkin Volunteer Auxiliary recently purchased vital sign monitors for two medical surgical units at the Lufkin hospital. The portable monitors provide nurses and nurse aids with accurate readings of a patient’s temperature, blood pressure, oxygen levels and more – all necessary information for understanding more of what is going…
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Stressed Parent? New Research Shows Your Children May Be Twice as Likely to Have Obesity
LOS ANGELES, CA: Prior research has shown that stress is associated with obesity in adults, and now for the first time, research suggests Latino parents who feel high levels of stress are twice as likely to have children with obesity as well. Researchers led by Carmen Isasi, MD, PhD, from Albert Einstein College of Medicine…
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Does Healthier Food Help Low-Income People Control Their Diabetes?
To determine whether healthy food could help low-income people better control their diabetes, a pilot study by UC San Francisco and Feeding America tracked nearly 700 people at food banks in California, Texas and Ohio over two years. The result: better diabetes control and medication adherence and an overall improvement in the consumption of healthy…
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Baby Pumpkins at CHI St. Luke’s Health
Guests and patients at CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial have been seeing little pumpkins leaving the hospital throughout the month of October. Thanks to the creative efforts of local volunteer Melanie East, babies born at Memorial during October have added bright orange crocheted caps to their wardrobes. Ms. East and her mother decided several years…