Category Archives: Diabetes Complications

Diabetes Complications, Living with Diabetes

Thiamine/Benfotiamine: A Vitamin Every Diabetic Must Take

Posted on by Ahmet Ergin, MD Endocrinologist

Vitamins are essential nutrients that perform a variety of roles in our body. They are organic and required in tiny amounts. Currently, there are 13 recognized vitamins. These include Vitamin A, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B7, B9, B12, C, D, E, and K. But in this blog post, we will only learn about Vitamin […]

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Diabetes Complications, diabetic complications, Diabetic medications and Diabetic drugs, Living with Diabetes

Should Diabetics Take Aspirin?

Posted on by Ahmet Ergin, MD Endocrinologist

Should a diabetic take aspirin to reduce heart attack risk? If you didn’t know I’ll tell you a quick statistic. When I say statistics I mean it’s real information, just to open your eyes, after age 65 the cause of death for a diabetic after 70 percent of the time is a heart attack and […]

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