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May
New Recommendations for Management of High Blood Glucose in Hospitalized Patients
Clinicians caring for hospitalized patients must keep the harms of hypoglycemia in mind when managing hyperglycemia and should avoid aggressive glucose management
May
Many patients with prediabetes, diabetes unaware of nerve damage
If a diabetes patient has nerve damage, treatment can keep the problem from getting worse. Unfortunately, some patients don’t even know they have nerve damage.
May
Diabetes Mine: The new AACE “comprehensive algorithm” for diabetes treatment
Wait, an algorithm? No, not the technology software kind. Rather, this “algorithm” is a set of complex guidelines for doctors that, according to the AACE, “considers the whole patient, the spectrum of risks and complications for the patient, and evidence-based approaches to treatment.”
May
Diabetes Health on How to Prepare for Your Endocrinologist Appointment
We have all been there: the clammy hands, nervous stomach, constant anxiety, racing thoughts about eating choices we should or shouldn’t have made-all caused by the anticipation of seeing our endocrinologist.
May
Telcare BGM Cellular-Based Glucometer Coming to Europe
Telcare (Bethesda, MD) has announced winning European clearance to begin marketing its smartphone-like blood glucose meter, a device already approved for sale in the U.S.
May
The Telegraph: Waist to height ratio ‘more accurate than BMI’ in predicting lifespan
Measuring the ratio of someone’s waist to their height is a better way of predicting their life expectancy than body mass index (BMI), the method widely used by doctors when judging overall health and risk of disease, researchers said.
May
Acetone: A Key to Catching Diabetes Complications
If your body isn’t getting enough glucose, it will resort to burning fat for energy. In order to break down these fats, the body produces ketones, which can accumulate in your blood and urine over time
May
US News Health – How to Manage Type 1 Diabetes As You Age
Seniors share how optimism, family support and lifestyle management have helped them live with diabetes.
May
Higher A1C rates seen in diabetes patients who sleep late
Later chronotype and larger dinner were associated with poorer glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes independently of sleep disturbances
May
DiabetesMine – Blog Update on the 2013 Clinical Congress of the American Assoc of Endocrinologists
More than 1,400 physicians gathered in Phoenix, AZ, last week for the 22nd Annual Scientific and Clinical Congress of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE).
May
DiabetesHealth: Why Sticking to Treatments Is Such a Challenge
Diabetes educator Constance Brown-Riggs has heard all of the excuses. Her patients aren’t taking their medication, or they aren’t sticking to their treatment plans.
May
Diabetes Forecast: The Faces Behind Diabetes Research and Their Struggle for Funding
Science is hard—and not just because it involves lots of math. No, the real challenge, scientists will tell you, is getting someone to pay for your research. And the funding situation isn’t getting any better.
May
DiabetesMine: Is There a Conspiracy Preventing a Diabetes Cure?
For as long as there has been research to cure diabetes, there have been people who believe that a cure will never happen because treating this disease is simply far too profitable.
May
Air pollution increases risk of insulin resistance in children
New research shows that growing up in areas where air pollution is increased raises the risk of insulin resistance (the prescursor to diabetes) in children.
May
Dr. Francis Collins: Scientists Make Progress in Slowing TII Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) has arguably reached epidemic levels in this country; between 22 and 24 million people suffer from the disease. But now there’s an exciting new development: scientists at Harvard have discovered a hormone that might slow or stop the progression of diabetes.
May
DiabetesHealth – Diabetes and Your Eyes: Commit to Routine Vision Care
According to a survey by the American Optometric Association, 55 percent of people are unaware that diabetic eye disease often has no visual signs or symptoms.
May
Diabetes Self-Management – Good News About Diabetes Control
More people with diabetes are meeting the recommended targets for three key areas of diabetes control than in previous decades, according to recent research from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
May
DiabetesHealth: New Website Aims at Type 1 Teens
“Teen Diabetes Guide,” a nonprofit website designed to bring teens with type 1 diabetes together.
Apr
Diabetes Daily: Diabetes Must-Reads of April
The diabetes online community is huge, and the amount of information, support, and inspiration you can find is endless! Here are a few great pieces of content from the community this April
Apr
ABC News: 7 Ways to Cut Your Diabetes Risk
Defend yourself against prediabetes and diabetes type 2 by sticking to these lifestyle habits, like lifting weights and getting a good night’s sleep.
Apr
DiabetesMine: New Online Tool Helps Filter Diabetes News
Medivizor launched in late 2012, with creators describing the service as solving the “needle in the haystack” challenge, sifting through loads of info to pick out what you want specifically.
Apr
DiabetesMine: What’s a Type 3, and Knowing Your Pee
This week, Wil’s exploring the term “Type 3,” and he’s taking a look into the toilet bowl for us — errr, so to speak, as he explores urine issues with diabetes.
Apr
How one man defeated his Type 2 diabetes diagnosis
Diabetes is a growing health problem in the U.S., especially Type 2. But Utahn David Steiner was not too concerned with his diagnosis.
Apr
CNN: Reduce the steep cost of diabetes
Diabetes is expensive to monitor and control. Here are some ways you can save money on your medical expenses.
Apr
Diabetes Mine: The World’s Funnest Clinical Trial (Artificial Pancreas!)
Two weeks ago today for Spring Break I was in gorgeous, palm-studded Santa Barbara, CA. And what does a diabetes technology geek like me do on vacation? Visit the local research clinic, of course!
Apr
Joslin Diabetes Blog. Diabetes: A Family Affair
When you have diabetes it is likely that you have had to make some lifestyle changes, especially in the departments of diet and physical activity. Unless you are a recluse, the modifications you make in your life have implications for your family and friends.
Apr
CNN Health: 7 ways to spring clean your health
Now it’s time to do some internal spring cleaning. Follow these seven steps, and you’ll be ready for a healthy and happy season.
Apr
DiabetesHealth: Is it dangerous to continually have low-grade ketone levels in your blood?
Ketones in your blood shows that you are metabolizing your own fats. One of the purposes of fat is for survival, to help you out in a pinch. Your body converts fat to ketones, and the ketones help keep the brain alive. Ketones also provide energy to your heart.
Apr
DiabetesHealth. Hank’s Healthy Habits: 13 Steps to a Joyful, Happy Life
His diabetes began some 34 years ago. He now has a health team he consults with regularly, including an endocrinologist. At present, he takes two oral medications and is on a strict diet.
Apr
WSJ: For Diabetics, a Longtime Goal Is Within Reach
Now a new generation of medical research and engineering has brought health care closer to a long-sought goal: small implantable devices that continuously monitor blood-sugar levels
Apr
Diabetes Forecast Quiz: What do you know about Diabetes?
As any sympathetic diabetes educator will tell you, things aren’t always black and white when it comes to diabetes management. Sure, there are practice guidelines and recommendations for ideal care, but people are imperfect and sometimes life throws you for a loop.
Apr
DiabetesDaily: Protect Your EYES in Life with Diabetes
An infographic from Genetech about life with diabetes and the well-being of your eyes.
Apr
DiabetesMine: Safe Drinking with Diabetes? Where to Go for Info
April is Alcohol Awareness Month, and what better time to bring you a new resource directly from the Diabetes Online Community aimed at raising awareness about diabetes and drinking?
Apr
Diabetes Self-Management: Keeping Skin Healthy With Diabetes
Good skin makes us attractive, maybe because it signifies health, and health is sexy. But diabetes can harm skin in several ways. What can we do to protect ourselves?
Apr
Do digital tools help with diabetes? New report casts doubt
A number of health tech companies are using online and mobile platforms to help fight and prevent diabetes. But a review of several trials says that computer-based interventions have mixed outcomes.
Mar
DiabetesMine. Around the Diabetes Blogosphere – March 2013 Edition
Some of the most interesting posts on Diabetes that caught our eye during the month of March.
Mar
Diabetes Forecast: Who Needs a Diabetes-Friendly Shoe?
Not everyone with diabetes needs a diabetes-friendly shoe, but everyone can benefit from a well-constructed, properly fitted shoe that works with the architecture of the foot.
Mar
DiabetesMine: Free Supplies & Mystery Rash
Need help navigating life with diabetes? Ask D’Mine!
Mar
DiabetesDaily: Diabetes Must-Reads
The diabetes online community is huge, and the amount of information, support, and inspiration you can find is endless! Here are a few great pieces of content from the community this month.
Mar
New Study Finds 1 In 4 Think Their Families Resent Them For Having Diabetes
3 in 10 think their families blame them for getting diabetes; 4 in 10 people say their families don’t fully support their efforts to manage their diabetes.
Mar
DiabetesHealth: Can you please explain the dawn phenomenon, and how best to manage it?
Dawn phenomenon is the situation where the liver removes insulin from the blood in the morning hours, which causes morning blood sugars to go up, even if breakfast is skipped.
Mar
Cost of Diabetes is Rising and Set to Explode
A new report for 2012 shows the total cost of diabetes in the U.S. has risen to 245 billion dollars and is expected to continue to grow due to the 75 million with pre-diabetes
Mar
Diabetes Self-Management: Try This Quiz for National Nutrition Month
Insulin manufacturer Novo Nordisk has partnered with three food banks around the nation to emphasize the importance of a healthful diet with an interactive quiz.
Mar
7 Tips for Managing Diabetes Medications
Adhering to your diabetes medication schedule will mean fewer blood sugar ups and downs, but that’s often easier said than done. These ideas will help you stay on the clock.
Mar
DiabetesHealth: How to explain the dawn phenomenon? Q&A
Dawn phenomenon is the situation where the liver removes insulin from the blood in the morning hours, which causes morning blood sugars to go up, even if breakfast is skipped.
Mar
DiabetesDaily: How I Survived 4 Years without Health Insurance with Type 1
The cheap way to survive diabetes without health insurance.
Feb
Diabetes Self-Management: Optimism With Diabetes
Research has shown that optimistic people live about seven years longer, on average, than pessimistic people. Does this mean anything? Is it possible to become optimistic, even with diabetes? Would it help?
Feb
Reuters: Oxygen treatment may not help foot ulcers
Despite past clinical trials demonstrating that exposure to pure oxygen can help stubborn wounds heal, a large new study of diabetes patients with severe foot ulcers finds no benefit from oxygen treatments and possibly some harm.
Feb
Ask D’Mine: Please Be My Diabetes Lifeguard
Ever wonder if you should tell people at your workplace about your diabetes? Especially when it comes to low blood sugars and what could happen if you aren’t able to treat a low yourself?
Feb
ADA 2013 Standards of Medical Care for Pediatrics and Young Adults
The American Diabetes Association has released their 2013 Standards of Medical Care. Not too much changed this year in the Standards of Care for children and adolescents, with only four revisions to cover.
Feb
Eliminating insurance co-payments can improve management of diabetes
Reducing financial barriers to medication access—a strategy known as value-based insurance design (VBID)—can improve medication adherence and management of chronic diseases such as diabetes.
Feb
One in eight Americans diagnosed with type 2 diabetes
A staggering one in eight Americans has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, a new Harris Interactive/HealthDay poll suggests.
Feb
Diabetes Health. Things I Wish I Could Have Told Myself as a Newly Diagnosed Teen
Meagan Esler offers an inspirational view of how diabetes affects a woman’s life and how some early advice can help someone to cope with the disease.
Feb
Diabetes Self-Management: Signs a Woman Is Headed for a Heart Attack
After interviewing hundreds of people who’d survived a heart attack, Dr. McSweeney noticed that 95% of the women she spoke to actually suspected something was wrong in the months leading up to the attack.
Feb
NIH study shows big improvement in diabetes control over past decades
More people are meeting recommended goals in the three key markers of diabetes control, according to a study conducted and funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Feb
Diabetes Daily. 5 Tips for Your Best Doctor’s Visit
A strong partnership with your health care providers can play a key role in your overall health. However, it can be a challenge to build a partnership in the short 15 to 20 minutes of face time during an appointment. Here are five tips and helpful tools from MyDiabetesHome.com.
Feb
Glucose Gel for Low Blood Sugars
A product that will treat low glucose levels without causing a rebound high later on.
Feb
More Americans Meeting Diabetes Goals
The number of Americans meeting their diabetes goals – blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol – has increased considerably over a 12-year period.
Feb
DiabetesMine. Sanofi Moves Beyond Meds with Diabetes ‘Go-Bags’
The diabetes Readi Pak is a new “Go-Bag” that features a large main compartment with a removable diabetes accessory case that lives in its own hidden pocket.
Feb
New Book ‘The End Of Diabetes’ Highlights Ways To Reverse The Disease
A new book claims that most diabetics can get off medication and become 100 percent healthy in just a few easy steps. In “The End of Diabetes,” Dr. Joel Fuhrman explains how one can prevent and reverse diabetes and its related symptoms.
Feb
Low-Protein Diet Slows Alzheimer’s in Mice
Mice with many of the pathologies of Alzheimer’s Disease showed fewer signs of the disease when given a protein-restricted diet supplemented with specific amino acids every other week for four months.
Feb
Research: Diabetes TII practice patterns, knowledge gaps identified
Practice patterns and knowledge gaps vary for health care providers (HCPs) who manage patients with type 2 diabetes, although most patients receive evidence-based care, according to research published in the Winter issue of Clinical Diabetes.
Feb
Medicare Now Covers Obesity Counseling
Medicare is now paying for intensive obesity behavioral counseling for those participants who are obese (BMI >-30kg/m).
Feb
DiabetesDaily: 3 Ways Diabetes Can Destroy Your Relationship
We’ve talked about diabetes impacting your sex life specifically, but here are three ways diabetes can bring turmoil to your relationship as a whole and what to do about it.
Feb
Birth order linked to increased risk of diabetes, metabolic disorders
Long a source of sibling rivalry, birth order may raise the risk of first-born children developing diabetes or high blood pressure, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Feb
Can a sensor prevent diabetic foot amputation?
The boot, called a removable cast walker, is prescribed by physicians to prevent – or heal – foot ulcers in people with diabetes.
Feb
5 Top Diabetes Myths Debunked
Now is the time to put the many myths out there to rest and learn the truth about diabetes!
Feb
Diabetes Daily. Sex & Diabetes: What You Must Know
The Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation offers an in-depth downloadable document for both men and women to learn about their own sexual health around diabetes.
Feb
Joslin Diabetes Center. Hypoglycemia: What You Should Know
For most of these people, the physical symptoms of low blood glucose will alert them to the impending drop in their blood glucose level. That isn’t true for everybody though.
Feb
Diabetes Health: Exercise and Diet Are Your Keys to Freedom
If you have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes, you have to start looking seriously at how you live your life. Talk to any persons who are insulin-dependent and they will tell you how much they wish they could be in your situation.
Feb
Diabetes: 10 Ways to Kick the Sugar Habit
Sugar cravings won’t magically go away after a diabetes diagnosis. However, simple everyday tweaks can help you painlessly reduce the amount of sugar in your diet.
Jan
Pediatricians Issue First-Ever Diabetes Guidelines for Children
The guidelines, which are the first of their kind for kids between the ages of 10 and 18, were developed in collaboration with the American Diabetes Association.
Jan
Diabetes Daily. Diabetes Do’s & How To’s – Book Review
Riva Greenberg (who also writes for the Huffington Post) has put together an easy-to-read collection of diabetes wisdom that comes with several helpings of positivity and true understanding about what day-to-day life with diabetes is like.
Jan
Diabetes Self-Management: New to Diabetes: What’s Next? (Part 3)
Last week I focused on blood glucose monitoring and logging as essential tools to help people new to diabetes (well, actually ANYONE with diabetes) get a handle on how factors like food, alcohol, physical activity, and illness affect blood glucose.
Jan
Diabetes College Scholarship Applications Now Online
If you are a high school senior with Type 1 diabetes who is looking to attend an accredited four-year university, college, or technical or trade school this fall, then you may be interested in applying for one of the college scholarships being offered by the Diabetes Scholars Foundation.
Jan
DiabetesDaily: Hard Workout…or a Bad Day with Diabetes?
Here are a few questions to ask yourself as you settle back into your workout regimen or training.
Jan
CNN: Insulin injection errors may have exposed veterans to viruses
undreds of veterans may have been exposed to hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV because of medical oversights that allowed insulin pens to be used on more than one patient at a Veterans Administration hospital in Buffalo, New York, according to a memo from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Jan
Diabetes and UTIs: Recognize and Prevent!
UTIs are the second most common type of bacterial infection in the U.S. Men can get urinary tract infections (UTIs) too-remember the film, The Green Mile– and diabetes makes it more likely that they will do so.
Jan
Education, wealth levels impact mortality in diabetes patients
Socioeconomic status, as measured by education and financial wealth, is a strong independent predictor of mortality risk among adult diabetes patients, according to a study published in the January issue of Diabetes Care.
Jan
Diabetic Neuropathy: Insoles Good at Reducing Pressure on Feet
Good news for people with diabetes who worry about protecting themselves against the plantar pressure and risks of ulcerous foot injuries: A recent British study shows that ready-made insoles you can buy at the store perform almost as well as more expensive custom-made insoles.
Jan
Everything you need to know about: Diabetes and Colds
If you have diabetes, catching colds can make your condition worse. Not only must you deal with miserable cold symptoms, but the cold virus creates additional stress on your body.
Jan
US panel backs novel diabetes pill from J&J (Update)
A panel of U.S. health experts ruled Thursday that an experimental diabetes drug from Johnson & Johnson is safe and effective, though lingering safety questions must be tracked over the long term.
Jan
Diabetes Mine: The Clock’s Ticking on New D-Products for 2013
In the world of diabetes devices, company execs, PR pros, sales reps and even doctors are often vague about when new products will hit the market and be available for us people with diabetes.
Jan
Book Review: New “Smart Woman’s Guide to Eating Right with Diabetes” (with Giveaway!)
Amy Stockwell Mercer’s new book, The Smart Woman’s Guide to Eating Right with Diabetes covers good nutrition and weight loss from an interesting anecdotal perspective.
Jan
Diabetes Self-Management. New to Diabetes: What’s Next?
How to start your journey with diabetes? From Diabetes Self-Management.
Jan
Injecting Insulin Through Clothing… Is It Safe (Gasp!) Or Not?
Injecting insulin through clothing is kind of like driving a few miles over the speed limit. Most of us have done it even though we know it’s against the rules.
Jan
Weight-loss surgery is new TII diabetes foe
Though it began as a treatment for something else entirely, gastric bypass surgery—which involves shrinking the stomach as a way to lose weight—has proven to be the latest and possibly most effective treatment for some people with type 2 diabetes.
Jan
Important Updates to Diabetes Treatment Recommendations
Every year, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) reviews the current scientific literature and releases an updated version of its Clinical Practice Recommendations.
Jan
For texas man, bariatric surgery led to diabetes-free life
Paul Garcia, 54, came from a family that loved to eat. “We always had a lot of food at home, and whenever we ate, it was like a feast,” said Garcia.
Jan
Diabetes Self-Management: How Healthy Do You Think You Are?
Does your health largely depend on how healthy you think you are? Studies show that people who rate their health positively are far less likely to die than those who think they are unwell, even when results were adjusted for actual medical condition.
Jan
Top ten tips to combat TII diabetes this New Year
Getting your family and friends to support you in being physically active and setting yourself physical activity goals are among the top ten tips scientifically proven to help combat Type 2 diabetes.
Jan
Congress Will Not Cut Diabetes Research Program
JDRF reported today that Congress has included a $150 million extension of the Special Diabetes Program (SDP) as part of a year-end package of legislation to avert the “fiscal cliff.”
Jan
Aging Doctors and Diabetes
When it comes to Type 2 diabetes, for example, some doctors may initially prescribe an older drug rather than metformin if diet and lifestyle changes fail to adequately control blood glucose levels.
Jan
Diabetes Resolutions for the New Year
New Year’s Eve is right around the corner, which means it’s almost time to make those resolutions. And what better a time to get off to a fresh start with some of your diabetes management routines than at the dawn of a new year?
Jan
World’s Longest Living Person With Type 1
Who doesn’t like an inspiring story at this time of year? Today’s uplifting news comes out of New Zealand, the place that Winsome Johnston, the world’s longest living person with Type 1 diabetes, calls home.
Dec
Diabetes Forecast. A review on the best Diabetes Apps
If you have a phone and a chronic disease, chances are there’s an app for what ails you. Not sure what to download? Consider these popular apps, which are free, unless noted.
Dec
Diabetes Forecast. 2013 Trends in Diabetes Technology
What’s new and what’s on one device user’s wish list for 2013 by Bernard Farrell, PWD type 1.
Dec
Diabetes Mine. 2012: The Diabetes Year In Review
We were crossing our fingers for a cure being discovered or the FDA approving the best-ever fantasy diabetes device. What did really happen?
Dec
Medscape: Diabetes Increases Risk for Fracture-Related Hospitalization
Adults diagnosed with diabetes are at significantly increased risk for fracture-related hospitalization, according to results from an analysis of data from a large, community-based study.
Dec
Why don’t all obese people develop diabetes?
There are many questions that remain unanswered with regards to diabetes, but one question which is asked time and time again is, why don’t all obese people develop diabetes if there is such a strong link between the two conditions?