DiabetesInControl – HbA1c and Glucose Targets May Be Unaligned
A new analysis of continuous glucose monitoring suggests that the current A1c and glucose level recommendations for patients with diabetes are not in sync.
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Insulin Nation – Avoiding Cure Hope Burnout
Scientists say that to cure type 1 diabetes, we first have to stop the body’s misguided attack on the pancreas. Then we have to find a way to restore the body’s ability to produce its own insulin. My heart flutters each time I read about a new form of research …until I come to the […]
HuffPost – A Surprisingly Simple Way To Outwit Comfort Food Cravings
To gain more insight into why people turn to “comfort food,” Meryl Gardner, Ph.D. conducted a series of four escalating experiments that examined how positive, negative and neutral moods affected food choice. Gardner also looked at how “temporal construal,” a concept that involves focusing on either the present or the future, affected food choice.
Joslin Diabetes – How Prednisone Affects Blood Sugar
Corticosteroids, or steroids for short, are used to reduce inflammation and suppress the immune system. They are often a last resort for a wide variety of conditions, in everything from asthma to allergy attacks to arthritis and ulcerative colitis.
Nobel laureate James D. Watson proposes unconventional view of type 2 diabetes causation proposed
At 85, Nobel laureate James D. Watson, the co-discoverer of the double-helix structure of DNA, continues to advance intriguing scientific ideas. His latest, a hypothesis on the causation of type 2 diabetes, is to appear 7 pm Thursday US time in the online pages of The Lancet, the prestigious British medical journal.
Insulin Nation – Understanding Insulin Sticker-Shock
What’s driving insulin price increases is a complex question with many answers. One factor that can be ruled out is the basic price of producing insulin. Ever since pharma companies mastered the technique of using bacteria to create synthetic analog insulin in the eighties, the cost of insulin production has remained relatively affordable.
DiabetesHealth – Insulin Injection Port Reaches U.S. Market
About the size of a quarter, the injection port attaches to the skin like a bandage and allows users to receive insulin injections repeatedly in the same spot for up to three days.
HuffPost – 10 Strategies for Fat Loss and Healthy Eating on a Budget
When readers tell me they can’t afford to eat healthy, I ask them to tally up their bills. While grass-fed beef or wild-caught salmon might seem pricy, overall folks discover they save money eating healthier and bypassing overpriced processed and convenience foods.
Insulin Nation – Is it Time to Rename Type 1 Diabetes?
Currently T1 is defined as a condition in which there is an autoimmune attack on insulin-producing cells, but many scientists no longer believe that this definition adequately portrays what we now know is happening.
Diabetes Self-Management – Getting a Foot Up On Diabetes Care
How many times have we heard it? Many times, however, that’s all we’re told: Check your feet. What am I looking for? What do I do if I find it?!
DiabetesHealth – Bariatric Surgery Shows Significant Effect on Obese Type 1s
Here’s a development to keep your eye on: Bariatric surgery performed on a small group of morbidly obese type 1s led to considerable weight loss, improved glycemic control, and improved metabolic profiles up to three years later.
HuffPost – Vegetarian Diet Associated With Lower Blood Pressure
A new review of studies in JAMA Internal Medicine shows an association between eating a vegetarian diet and having decreased blood pressure levels, compared with eating an omnivorous diet.
DiabetesHealth – Weekly Type 2 Drug to Be Delivered Via Needle Patch
A recent agreement between Zosano Pharma, Inc. and Novo Nordisk could lead to the introduction of a once-weekly drug for type 2s that is administered via a micro-needle patch system.
Diabetes Self-Management – Eating Disorders and Diabetes: What’s the Connection?
This week, from February 23 to March 1, is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. You might be ready to tune out and skip reading this — after all, only women get eating disorders, right? And young women, at that.
DiabetesMine – Tom Brobson and His Artificial Pancreas Roadshow
As the JDRF’s national director of research investment opportunities, Tom’s one of the most sought-after speakers at the moment because he’s able to not only give an overview of the latest exciting D-tech, but also share his own personal experiences as one of the first people ever to wear an Artificial Pancreas system over a […]
HuffPost – The Best Foods To Ease Anxiety
Similarly to the way certain foods have been shown to reduce stress, a number of foods and drinks may help to limit anxiety, too. Here are a few of the most well-documented.
NYT – Book Review: ‘Learning to Cut the Sugar’
Dr. Robert Lustig became widely known as “the anti-sugar guy” after a lecture of his called “Sugar: The Bitter Truth” was posted on YouTube and gained widespread attention. In his talk, Dr. Lustig explains why all calories are not created equal, and why he believes those from sugar in particular are driving an epidemic of […]
WSJ – A Simple Step to Cut Diabetes Costs
Diabetes is the fastest-growing chronic disease in the U.S., but experts says there is a relatively simple and inexpensive way to reduce the soaring cost of treating it: Get patients to take better care of their feet.
DiabetesMine – Ask D’Mine: Type 1, Metformin, Medicine Questions
Since type 1 diabetics are constantly dealing all their lives with the issue of glucose release after meals, at night, and whenever from our livers, why aren’t we given metformin to control this process as a standard of care? Why is it that metformin is only given to type 2 diabetics when type 1s are […]
NYT – Sleep Apnea May Worsen TII Diabetes
Sleep apnea can worsen blood sugar control in people with Type 2 diabetes by disrupting the deepest stage of sleep, a new study suggests. The findings provide another good reason for people with sleep apnea to wear a CPAP mask that helps assure uninterrupted breathing, the standard treatment for the condition, throughout the night.
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