Forks Over Knives

This documentary presents evidence that a whole-foods diet can prevent the occurrence of cancer, heart disease, and Type 2 diabetes.

"...but make you feel as though you have a 24/7 hangover for years prior to your demise is in..."

May 13, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

To Your Health

Does fish oil work as well as Tricor to reduce triglycerides associated with diabetes?

"...Q. I have type 2 diabetes and the high triglyceride level that often..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

To Your Health

Until recently I had never heard of a vitamin called biotin. What is it good for, and what foods have it?

"...Japanese researchers studied people with type 2 diabetes and found that they had significantly lower..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

How a Genetic Disorder Drove Abby Solomon to the Forefront of Science and Music

After supplying a scientific breakthrough, this Austinite improves one show at a time

"...hobby of so many meandering Austinites in their early 20s: local music. Far from the archetypal Slacker townie navigating..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Texan Typists Unite

'The Typewriter (in the 21st Century)' gets a Texas premiere

"...Pop quiz! When you see the word "type," what comes to mind?..."

April 18, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...remains that the SBA never said it had awarded $25 billion in contracts to small business. It said that..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Column

Enough Is Enough!

I've been a food critic for 15 years. I've been overeating all my life. Recently, I decided enough is enough!

"...the "normal" weight for her height of 5 feet 2 inches by age 11. It was certainly an issue..."

July 13, 2007 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Sea Change

Searching for sustainable shrimp

"...and is purported to fight cancer, weight issues, and type 2 diabetes, but that's assuming they aren't raised in..."

June 12, 2015 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Luv Doc Recommends: A Behanding in Spokane

Hyde Park Theatre, Saturday, May 14, 2011

"...or Aron Ralston (the idiot James Franco played in 127 Hours), the answer is almost always, unequivocally, "Yes." Keep..."

May 13, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

The Luv Doc: A Little Dahoo Dores

We have to make space in our hearts for the paste-eaters like Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick

"...a literary trope in the Luv Doc oeuvre, like Type 2 diabetes, genital herpes statistics, and gratuitous scatalogical references...."

Sept. 3, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

The Luv Doc: Unmasked and Undangerous

Nothing is more dangerous than a control freak who has just figured out the situation is beyond their control.

"...100 times more likely to lose a leg to Type 2 diabetes than stepping on a landmine in Afghanistan..."

April 30, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

The Luv Doc: The Same Soft Consonants

The Luv Doc gives his two cents on a bunch of tiny goddamn freeloading chemical zombies

"...It's probably just as well. It's no coronavirus, but Type 2 diabetes is the seventh-leading cause of death in..."

March 20, 2020 Column by The Luv Doc

Celebrate World Carfree Day

"...the eighth consecutive year without U.S. acknowledgment on Sept. 22, let's try a little thought experiment. Let's imagine how..."

Sept. 25, 2007 Postmarks

Food-o-File

Movers and shakers, ranges and changes

"...to inform us he's left Capitol Brasserie (310 Colorado, 472-6770) and is now an executive chef at the Whole..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

On Bike Helmets and Car Drivers

"...the population with ailments of the sedentary: heart disease, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis, excess weight gain, and depression. The..."

Aug. 16, 2006 Postmarks

To Your Health

What is CRP and what is the connection to cancer?

"...is hard to overestimate (see "To Your Health," June 20, 2003)...."

May 21, 2004 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

The COVID-19 Long Haulers

Nearly 1 in 3 coronavirus survivors have strange, often changing symptoms without known causes or cures. Here’s what they and their doctors are doing about it.

"...The novel coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19 was first identified in Wuhan, in..."

March 26, 2021 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Too Soon?

We grade some of SXSW Interactive's boldest tech

"...Dr. Edward Damiano) helps regulate insulin for people with type 1 diabetes. Using a smartphone and multiple pumps, the..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Jessica Luther

AISD’s Overtime Ailments

School nurses say they feel the working squeeze already

"...("Welcome to the Working Week-and-a-Half," Nov. 18), an estimated 4.2 million salaried employees who make less than $47,476 per..."

Dec. 23, 2016 News Feature by Jack Craver

SXSW Eco: Remember the Dinosaurs

Green conference bridges gap between environmental movement and tech scene

"...fast-food industry, which has helped make an epidemic of Type II diabetes. "They're basically terrorizing communities and the United..."

Oct. 11, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Breast-Feeding Campaign Kicks Off

"...mental development, increases emotional bonds, reduces the risk of type 2 child diabetes, and is more cost efficient than..."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Feature by Sara Robberson

To Your Health

Hypokalemia and regulating potassium levels

"...exceedingly high caffeine intake, or the ketoacidosis associated with type 1 diabetes can all result in excessive loss of..."

June 30, 2006 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

The Real Road to Wellville?

Two strange and inspiring stories of the healing power of food – and how terribly it can hurt us

"...burgeoning national prominence as a dietary expert. Her modest, 27-page book Your Healing Diet: Austin's Quick Guide to Reversing..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Austin Hip-Hop Pioneer Tee Double Perseveres

Holding the vision through institutional racism, isolation, and a double transplant

"...including 1999's Lost Scriptures on Good Vibe Recordings and 2000's Texas Resident, and chief mentor for his Urban Artist..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Zilker Theatre Productions' Shrek the Musical

The lovable ogre and company spring to life on the Hillside stage with loads of laughs and professional polish

"...cake, for example, and as the parent of a Type 1 diabetic, the line about "going together like donuts..."

July 29, 2016 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Running to Daylight

Blind runner and teacher determined to see what he can do

"...– officially, Baylon has been losing his sight since 2008 – but in the half-century before he'd been everywhere..."

Dec. 20, 2013 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Public Notice

Star Power!

"...Maybe for some; maybe not for others. Does that type of validation trivialize the efforts of those without name-brand..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Column by Kate X Messer

Bad Medicine?

If Austin's Public Clinics Go Private, the Poor Could Suffer

"...Nurse Angie Diaz attends to client Nubia Rivera at..."

Nov. 22, 1996 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Shoot the Messenger!

VA tries to fire whistle-blower doctor

"...Research Campus, where VA researchers had access to UT's $2.7 million brain scanner to help diagnose invisible head injuries...."

Oct. 31, 2008 News Feature by Laurel Chesky

The New Texas Family Planning

Slashed budgets and anti-abortion politics undermine women's health care

"...Texas Department of State Health Services' appropriation in March 2005 divert, over the biennium, a total of $25 million..."

Jan. 27, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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