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As Thanksgiving approaches, here’s a special holiday gift: You may eat whatever you want. That may sound odd coming from a registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator, but there is no need to abstain from your favorite holiday foods – as long as you follow three simple rules: Control your portions, exercise and, when possible, … Read More

The Study The authors of a prospective study recently published by the American Heart Association[1] followed almost 27,000 men for 16 years to see if eating breakfast had any impact on the likelihood of having a heart attack during the study period. The men ranged in age from 45 to 82 years and all were … Read More

Unless people stamp out their cigarettes for good, we’ll never truly crush lung cancer. But new advances in early detection are starting to give patients a fighting chance against this fatal disease. Until recently, the prognosis for someone with lung cancer wasn’t much better than it was 30 years ago: 160,000 people a year die … Read More

November is Diabetes Awareness Month. It is a great time to reflect on your current lifestyle and habits, and make sure you are doing everything in your power to prevent this disease. Diabetes prevention begins with maintaining a healthy weight, but do you know what your ideal weight is? You may admit that you need … Read More

The Mary & Dick Allen Diabetes Center at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach will sponsor a series of free community events throughout November, which is National Diabetes Month, to help educate people about the disease. The events include a lecture, grocery store walk-through and Thanksgiving cooking demonstration, according to a news release. Program Director Dr. … Read More

This month the American Diabetes Association and the Allen Diabetes Center are encouraging everyone to take action and help Stop Diabetes. The Allen Center invites the community to learn more about Diabetes and how to take steps to fight the disease. Nearly 26 million Americans live with diabetes, including approximately 250,000 Orange County residents, and … Read More

The Allen Diabetes Center is honored to announce Dr. Daniel Nadeau as its new program director starting December 2013. Dr.Daniel Nadeau is the first recipient of the Kris V. Iyer, MD Endowed Chair in Diabetes Care and an accomplished physician who brings a wealth of knowledge to the areas of diabetes, obesity, and nutrition. He … Read More

A little more than a year ago, as a new school year approached, excited soon-to-be kindergartener, Charlotte Warmington, visited her doctor for routine immunizations, to which she had some seemingly insignificant reactions. However, these minor side effects to her shots were soon followed by a variety of a larger issues including leg pain, fainting at … Read More

What is diabetes? Diabetes is a disease caused by high blood sugar, and sugar is in many of the foods we must eat to survive. After food is consumed, our body takes its nutrients and breaks it down into carbohydrates, proteins and fats. Carbohydrates turn into sugar that is then used as energy for our … Read More

If you’re experiencing pelvic floor problems such as involuntary loss of urine or pain in your delicate areas, you’re not alone. Women don’t want to talk about incontinence or pain, but if you’ve worked up the courage to talk to someone about it, the odds are you’ve probably heard the phrase, “Just do your Kegels.” … Read More