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Volunteers Needed for NIH Diabetes Study

If you've been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in the last 5 years, you may be eligible to help scientists test treatments by participating in an NIH study. NIH has launched a long-term clinical trial called the GRADE study. Researchers will examine the benefits and risks of common diabetes drugs used with metformin.

Diabetes and Morning Exercise: A Possible Solution?

I have great difficulty balancing morning exercise with diabetes — a frustration I have written about previously, here and here. Whereas…

Zhoug (Yemenite Hot Sauce)

Zhoug (Skhug or Zhug) is a great hot sauce that borders on being a spicy pesto. In the Middle East it is the hot sauce condiment...

A Non-Invasive CGM Explained: Echo Therapeutics’ Symphony

Yesterday I had the chance to visit the Philadelphia headquarters of Echo Therapeutics, a small company working to develop a new non-invasive -- that is, totally needle-free -- continuous glucose monitoring system called the Symphony CGM.

The Surprise and Relief of a Celiac Disease Diagnosis

For more than a decade — and possibly longer, but a decade is about all I remember — I have been diagnosed as anemic. My hematocrit (red…

Why Is It So Hard To Lose Fat?

The strong interrelationships between weight issues and diabetes have been given the name “diabesity,” to emphasize how the epidemic of diabetes…

Hypoglycemic Rage

I don’t always feel my blood sugar dropping. I don’t know if I’m starting to develop hypoglycemic unawareness or maybe it has to do with the speed…

Going Back to College with Diabetes

Wait, what?! I can scarcely believe that August is almost over. It feel s like this summer just started for me, and it’s frustrating that the routine…

BMS Presents Study Results for Type 2 Diabetes Drug Onglyza (saxagliptin)

AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb have announced the full results of the SAVOR clinical trial of Onglyza (saxagliptin) in 16,492 adult patients with type 2 diabetes at high risk for cardiovascular events.

Grilled Steak with Garlic Cilantro Butter

This is a great way to use a less expensive cut of meat like chuck steak, top round or London broil. The marinade is a little pungent thanks to the fish sauce, but it works some magic in tenderizing meat that doesn't have a lot of fat on it.