You came in about a callus. Dr. Lipton checks your feet, trims what needs trimming, and then asks something you did not expect: “When was your last dilated eye exam?” It can feel like a question for a different office. It is not. November is American Diabetes Month. If you live with diabetes, your podiatrist
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The Disease That Doesn’t Hurt Until It Breaks: What Maryland Adults Should Know About Osteoporosis
You step off a curb funny and feel a twinge in your wrist. A week later you lean on the counter and something in your back catches. Nothing dramatic. Nothing you’d call a fall. But your body keeps sending small bills for motions that never used to cost anything. Most people find out they have
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As we get older, our bodies don’t process certain crucial nutrients as well as we used to. This makes our systems weaker at fighting off disease and slower in recovering from an injury. For instance, osteoporosis develops as our bones become less dense and therefore become more fragile. This is one of the reasons why
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