Dr. Jaweed Akhter MD

Recommended Articles

• Are Those Daily Pricks Really Necessary for Diabetes?

  One thing that diabetic patients know all too level is the daily pricks to their finger they have to do to monitor their blood sugar. Some patients say they just get used to pricking their fingers and others say it is virtually painless. But still, others claim that after several years of pricking...

• Fasting May Be Good for Diabetes, Research Shows

  Intermittent fasting is common nowadays, and recent studies have shown that there are successes involved with this type of fasting. The most success about the fasting involves diabetes, and perhaps, it is the most impressive. Intermittent fasting involves restricting eating to certain times and not...

• Bret Michaels Rocks Diabetes: An Update on his Health

  Bret Michaels is a successful, world-renown singer and songwriter who has sold an impressive number of 35 million records across the globe.Although he has been singing for more than 3 decades, his latest achievements include winning the “Celebrity Apprentice 3”. He was also awarded as the No. 1...

• Keeping Diabetes Under Control in the Winter

  According to several studies, the largest number of diabetes diagnoses take place during the colder months of the year. Here's another fact: Finland, and other colder areas in the world, have the largest number of people with type type 1 diabetes. So, what exactly is this relationship between the...

• How to Handle a New Diagnosis of Diabetes

  Your doctor just diagnosed you with type 2 diabetes. Now what? A diagnosis of diabetes can be frightening and challenging, and you know you are at risk of heart disease, vision problems, and kidney failure. You have also heard that you could lose your lower limbs if you don’t take care of...

• Combating Gestational Diabetes

  Being pregnant is hard work. As if it were not enough to juggle the major physical changes and hormone induced emotional changes, pregnant women also have to worry about the health of their baby. Everyone knows the major no-no’s for pregnant women: don't smoke, don’t drink, stay away from...