Conditions & Diseases

Managing Type 2 Diabetes With Diet and Lifestyle

When you live with type 2 diabetes, it can feel like your numbers are running the show. In clinic, I remind patients of this truth: you have more day-to-day influence than you may think. Food, movement, sleep, stress, and medication routines all work together to shape your blood sugar patterns....

Rheumatoid Arthritis vs. Osteoarthritis

“My joints hurt” can mean a hundred different things in clinic. Two of the most common culprits are rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA) . They can feel similar day to day, but they are very different conditions with different goals for treatment. Knowing which one you might be dealing...

10 Early Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s disease rarely begins with a dramatic, obvious change. More often, it starts quietly, with small shifts in memory, thinking, or personality that are easy to brush off as “normal aging” or stress. As a family nurse practitioner, I want you to know two things can be true at once: many...