New Blood Pressure Guidelines: Can "Alternative Approaches" Work?
By Amy Campbell
Each year, the American Diabetes Associations issues its "Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes." Basically, these are medical guidelines that most health-care practitioners use to help better care for (and guide) their patients with diabetes. In every new edition there are at least a few changes, which is a good thing. This year, one of the most notable changes is in regard to blood pressure: Previously, the blood pressure guideline for most people with diabetes was less than 130 over 80. This year, it's been changed to less than 140 over 80 (written as 140/80).
You might be scratching your head wondering...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - April 29, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Amy Campbell Source Type: blogs
Haggis Poisoning
Last Friday was Burns Night, the annual celebration of the life Scots poet Rabbie Burns in which folk gather to eat haggis, neeps and tatties, washed down with poems and whisky.
Gareth and I had been invited to a proper Burns Supper but were both rotten with the cold, so it was haggis at home. Every year I forget about the Haggis Poisoning until it’s too late. This is the technical term for the following process:
Getting excited about Burns night – a glimmer of fun at the end of miserable January
Shopping for the haggis, umm-ing and ahh-ing between traditional or vegetarian style
Spending an age cooking it, al...
Source: The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl - January 31, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: shauna Tags: Living In Scotland Scottish Cuisine Source Type: blogs
