Dear Dr. Roach: My husband is a 50-year-old prediabetic who has recently experienced burning feet. He refuses to think it’s his high-carb diet (bread three times a day, chips, ice cream) and instead thinks he…

K-State Research and Extension is offering “Dining with Diabetes,” a program designed to boost the health and wellness of Kansans with Type 2 diabetes and help educate their family members, caregivers and others who support…

Dear Dr. Roach: I am 74 years old and have been a brittle Type 1 diabetic for 50 years. I have no history of heart disease. My doctor of 40 years recently retired and had…

Dear Dr. Roach: A friend was given a test to see how long food stayed in her stomach after eating.  She was told that it stayed only a short time before continuing its journey, a…

Dear Dr. Roach: My husband is tired all the time. He functions but frequently has to sit to recoup his energy, even after a shower. He is diabetic and has been for over 10 years.…

More than 30 million people in the United States have diabetes, and 1 in 4 of them don’t know they have it. Another 84 million adults in the U.S. have prediabetes, a health condition in…

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 75-year-old man in good health and not obese (my BMI is around 20-21). I like coffee, and drink four or five cups a day. But I like it with a…

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 53-year-old female, and I weigh 190 pounds. A year and a half ago, I had gastric sleeve surgery. I have lost 24 pounds. I have been diabetic since about…

Dear Dr. Roach: A 74-year-old woman has a total cholesterol of 123 and was told that low cholesterol like this greatly increases the risk of diabetes, stroke and cancer. It seems she has had low…

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 53-year-old female, and I weigh 190 pounds. A year and a half ago, I had gastric sleeve surgery. I have lost 24 pounds. I have been diabetic since about…