By Dr. David L. Katz

I don’t watch much TV, and I have never watched the medical show, ‘House.’ But I was a captive audience from Chicago to Hartford last week on one of the first flights into snowbound Bradley airport as it dug out- and ‘House’ was the video offering…

By Dr. David L. Katz

I was recently contacted via e-mail for my perspective on GAD65, one of several ‘autoantibodies’ (antibodies against some of our own tissue) commonly seen in type 1 diabetes. My correspondent had a friend who appeared to have type 2 diabetes, had a positive GAD65 test for type 1 diabetes, was treated with insulin for type 1 diabetes, and got markedly worse…

By Dr. David L. Katz

There will be many potential reasons for post-holiday torpor, most of them fairly obvious- from saying goodbye to loved ones we won’t see for some time, to loosening belts and paying bills. But if after tallying the obvious you still can’t fully account for your lassitude, somewhat less obvious explanations deserve consideration…