News From The American Academy Of Family Physicians, July/August 2010 American Academy of Family Physicians – Coca-Cola Alliance, Conflict of Interest or Ethical Relationship? In an essay addressing the recent controversy over the American Academy of Family Physicians accepting a large corporate donation from The Coca-Cola Company to fund patient education materials on obesity prevention, [...]

Baby Heartbeat Monitors Reviewed Today, with advances in science and technology constantly creating smaller and cheaper electronic devices, acquiring a home use baby heartbeat monitor is cheaper and easier than you may think. For parents that want to listen to the developing fetus of their unborn child, use of a baby heartbeat monitor provides added [...]

Am I at risk for type 1 diabetes? Please read? My brother was admitted to hospital Sunday and it was discovered he has type 1 diabetes – late onset (he is turning 30 in 8 days). I am 21 (22 in April) and today he came from hospital and showed us his insulin, needles, etc. [...]

Symptoms of Juvenile Diabetes What are the early signs and symptoms of juvenile diabetes? Juvenile diabetes is having a sudden onset. The cause of juvenile diabetes is destruction of insulin producing beta cells of the pancreas. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas which changes the glucose in the energy needed by the body. [...]