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Not having type 2 diabetes symptom doesn't necessarily mean not having type 2 diabetes. This may not always be true though and understanding the true nature of a type 2 diabetes symptom may help save your life. Continue Reading »

As I have said often before - the first step in healing, whether it be alcoholism, drug addiction or whatever - is understanding what you're dealing with.

Because knowledge leads to understanding - and once you understand what addiction is really about - you can get out of your own way and make progress on finding a way out. Continue Reading »

Alcoholism is a progressive disease that only gets worse as the sufferer moves through the aging process. That means that it tends, over time, to have increasingly harmful effects on the family and relationships within the family. Moreover, if the alcoholic is unwilling to do anything ro seek recovery, it becomes incumbent on other family members to adjust their lives in ways that will minimize the impact of the disease. Here are some further insights into the delemma. Continue Reading »

As with any devastating disease, Alzheimers Disease included, there are always a number of myths and misunderstandings that abound. Rumor and innuendo are to be expected when lay people attempt to comprehend difficult medical concepts. Things are missed in translation or given their own interpretation which may or may not be accurate. That's just human nature.

We came across this article which dispels some of the myths which have grown up around Alzheimers. It's well Continue Reading »

One thing I've observed over the years is that people prone to alcohol abuse or addiction very often can get through their twenties with little in the way of consequences. In their thirties, problems associated with alcohol and/or drugs begin to surface, although there generally is little awareness of the connection or outright denial.

Once they reach their forties, however, problems become more severe. This is a progressive disease that never gets better, and only gets worse, in the aging process, without intervention. Continue Reading »