I was in eighth grade when I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. All I knew about diabetes then was that it was disease older people got. I wasn’t even really sure what being a diabetic meant. And surely there was a diabetes cure, anything except taking shots every day and being on a strict diet. My parents, although they were strong...

In his book, The Primal Blueprint, Mark Sisson presents the compelling idea that by adapting to the lifestyle of our hunter-gatherer, paleolithic ancestors, we can reprogram our bodies in the direction of weight loss, good health, and longevity. The book gives an historical background on why we should be eating like our earliest paleolithic...

No matter how routine urine tests are – and for people with diabetes they are very routine – there always seems to be some element of humiliation in holding a warm cup of your own pee.  I used to call the twenty steps from my lab’s bathroom to the place where you hand in your sample “the walk of shame”. ...

“Angelina Gomez,” the medical assistant hollers out to the crowded waiting room. As always, I cringe when I hear this. It sounds so harsh, so cattle-like. I know that the assistant is actually a gentle and caring person, and I understand that he uses a loud voice so that he can be heard over the general din of a large waiting room. Nevertheless...

Treato.com, a social health website, was initially conceived after high-tech veteran and entrepreneur, Gideon Mantel, experienced a frustrating, real life event.  Gideon’s daughter had torn her ACL playing basketball, and he went online to look for other patients’ experiences with this type of injury to learn how they coped....

Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (DPN) is nerve damage that affects the feet, legs, arms and hands.  It’s a potential complication of diabetes, and it’s a frightening one which most people know very little about.  People experience DPN in a variety of ways. They may feel burning, shooting pain, throbbing, pins and needles,...

In honor of ASweetLife’s second anniversary we’ve asked our bloggers to share their diabetes essentials with us, the things they can’t manage their diabetes without.  We think you’ll enjoy the answers we’re featuring, and please feel free to leave a comment and share your diabetes essential with us.  We’d love...

ASweetLife celebrates its second anniversary on October 1st.  As I thought about a way to mark the anniversary, I considered the different parts of ASweetLife and asked myself what makes it work.  What’s the most essential part of  this website?  In no time, I had my answer: The bloggers.  Week after week I’m impressed...

As fall comes around I hear people debating, “Should I get the flu shot?”, “Should I vaccinate my kids?”.  I’m always surprised to hear just how hesitant people are to vaccinate. The flu is a highly infectious and serious viral respiratory infection. Many viruses can give you the sniffles, but allow you...

A study conducted in Haifa, Israel and published in Diabetes Care, determined that medical care for women with diabetes who undergo fertility treatments is suboptimal.  The study, believed to be the first of its kind, found that although women with diabetes undergoing fertility treatments received more care overall than women with spontaneous...