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by M. Persico
Angel Rivera’s life changed on Dec. 24, 2007, when he was rushed to the hospital. He had excruciating pain just below his stomach.
He was diagnosed with fatty pancreas disease and diabetes. His blood glucose was measured at 994; it was supposed to be less than 100.
Rivera was surprised. According to his medical record, [...]
Margarita Persico
CHELSEA, Mass. — Eddie Horta’s 9:30 a.m. patient missed his appointment. It doesn’t surprise the diabetes coach at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Chelsea — this patient is usually a no-show, and many other patients don’t keep appointments, he said.
But his noon patient never fails.
“Here comes the bodyguard,” Horta says to Alonso Garcia, a [...]
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Smoking a major risk for diabetes patients
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Collaboration is key to fighting diabetes
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Child obesity, rampant in U.S., now global issue
http://www.margaritapersico.com/?p=495
A Common Cause: Fighting cancer (Health & Family magazine July/Sep 2009) (Three articles: two on cancer and one on diabetes).
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An age-old question
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Child obesity, rampant in U.S., now global issue
“When it comes to childhood obesity, Dr. Abhinash Srivatsa, a pediatric endocrinologist at Children’s Hospital Boston, doesn’t mince words.
Overweight children and teens are caught in a “tsunami of all these terrible things,” Srivatsa said, before rattling off several major medical conditions associated with extreme weight problems, including heart [...]
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Smoking a major risk for diabetes patients
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It is not an easy path being a reporter — deadlines are tight and the money even tighter, but the joy of voicing the voiceless and putting on the spotlight issues that otherwise would be silenced is priceless. I do it because I love the joy of helping others. I hope to make a difference.
Margarita
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REPORTING [...]
Juan Humberto Perez with his painting of Luis Tian (Photo and story by Margarita Persico)
“Juan Humberto Perez has been a chef for nearly 20 years. He learned the culinary arts from Danny Wisel, a famed Boston executive chef and graduate of France’s prestigious Le Cordon Bleu. Since 1999, Perez has plied his trade [...]
Margarita Persico founded this site in order to focus attention on various topics such as travel, health, environment and marginalized populations. She has freelanced articles since 2007 for Boston Bay State Banner, Harvard Review Latin America, the Phoenix Media/Communications Group (Health & Family, y El Planeta). Her work has been featured twice at UMASS Boston’s [...]
Nancy Rivera once had a blood sugar level more than four times the normal range, a danger zone that could have landed her in a coma. The 48-year-old mother of four has type 2 diabetes, a fast-growing affliction among Latinos. (photo by Margarita Persico )
Fortunately, Nancy Rivera now sees the light. She [...]
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