Turning the tide on type II diabetes in children

He doesn’t look like it, but Chris Singh is one scary Canadian statistic. On the surface, the affable Vancouver 15-year-old is everything his doting mother Asha could hope for: Tall, fit and studious, he plays computer games, and works out every other day. He eats every balanced meal Asha offers him and hates fast food. In short, he is as fit as a fiddle. He also suffers from type 2 diabetes, a disease never—ever—before seen in children.

Posted in Food on 12/04/2008 - 0 Comments

Zapping zits

For years as a teenager, Dr. Alan Logan suffered from a dreaded case of Propionibacterium acnes. Worse still, he developed sebaceous gland hyperplasia and follicle hyper-keratinization so severe, he had to seek medical advice. In other words, pimples took over his life and he became one of millions of teens suffering from a bad case of the zits. A few visits to the dermatologist later and the prognosis wasn't good: take some medication, wash your face and you'll grow out of it. But like an increasing number of acne sufferers, that's not what happened.

Posted in Skin health on 11/30/2008 - 0 Comments