Julie Lang - Articles

Understand the Smoking-Diabetes Link
Carole Willi, M.D., of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and colleagues conducted a systematic review and analysis of studies describing the association between smoking and the incidence of diabetes or other glucose metabolism irregularities that covered thirty years. The data was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association’s December 12, 2007 issue. Read
By: Julie Lang | 12/11/2009 | Diseases & Conditions

Moving Through Grief on Foot
After my 16-year-old son Justin died, I learned that some journeys can only be made on foot, and grieving is one of them. You can't fly across it to avoid touching down in the pain. You can't cruise through it by car and watch the landscape through a half-open window. You can't swim through the stormy tide of emotions because you'll most surely drown if you don't keep yourself grounded in practical reality. Read
By: Julie Lang | 01/09/2009 | Motivational