One of the fastest growing epidemics in America, and the world, doesn’t have enough health care providers (HCPS). Not even close. So how are we going to handle the flood of diabetes patients coming at our health care system like a tsunami? Close to 25 million Americans have diabetes, and amazingly, nearly 25 percent don’t...

March 23rd is Diabetes Alert Day. It’s a one day “wake-up” call, sponsored by the American Diabetes Association (ADA), for Americans to see if they have type 2 diabetes or are at risk. Almost 24 million Americans have diabetes, (9 out of 10 have type 2), and almost six million of them don’t know they have it....

Okay, the Jets didn’t win today so much as they, um, lost.  But it was an exciting run and it was the culmination of some sports activity this weekend.  Obviously I am including lying on a couch, somewhat ignoring my kids, and shouting at a team that can’t hear me as a new sport. Actually, yesterday we went out to NJ to see my nephew...

For as long as I can remember, my father has communicated with me through newspaper clippings. This is not to say this is the only way we can talk — far from it, luckily — but my father is a voracious reader. He rarely appears in public without some form of newsprint poking out of his back pocket, and spends countless hours...

I’m currently visiting a friend in Cincinnati, and am dealing with all the fun of traveling with diabetes — extra sensors, syringes, insulin, test strips. I don’t have any makeup, but by God, do I have a lot of extra triple A batteries. Anyway, this is my first time in Cincinnati and I’ve been intrigued by some...

Insulin resistance, the hallmark of prediabetes, is compensated for by an increase in insulin output. Since the pancreas will eventually work itself to death it would behoove us to decrease the work load of this poor organ. A great deal of work has gone into understanding the factors that regulate insulin resistance and as it turns out;...