Most Recent Articles from Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients

• American Diabetes Services supports the fight for type 2 diabetes cure 

  Every November, the American Diabetes Association encourages the public to learn more about diabetes and the risks associated with the disease....

  05/01/07 · More from publication

• Barriers to diabetes care 

  US family physicians, who care for about 90% of the nation's diabetics, face a difficult battle adjusting medications and monitoring patients for...

  05/01/07 by Jule Klotter · More from publication

• Chelating corner 

  Chelating therapies are not new, and acceptance varies from country to country. In my humble opinion, there are reasons for this discrepancy in...

  05/01/07 by E. Blaurock-Busch Peter VanderSchaar · More from publication

• Adverse effect of red yeast rice 

  A 61-year-old woman with a history of myopathy due to simvastatin developed severe myalgia in association with markedly elevated serum creatine...

  05/01/07 by Alan R. Gaby · More from publication

• The malaria/DDT debate heats up 

  There is no argument about the need to combat malaria in poor countries around the world where the disease is rampant. The discussion quickly...

  05/01/07 by Rose Marie Williams · More from publication

• Maitake SX-fraction 

  Since 1994, researchers have been studying a compound, SX-fraction, found in the maitake mushroom (Grifola frondosa). This oligosaccharide-bound...

  05/01/07 by Jule Klotter · More from publication

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