Tom Hanks has type 2 diabetes. He revealed his diagnosis on the David Letterman Show. Hanks said the doctor told him, "You know those high blood sugar numbers you've been dealing with since you were 36? Well, you've graduated.
Seeing the number in front of me was, I suppose, another moment where I had to accept a truth. Then, if that weren’t enough confirmation already, the nurse left the room and in a little while the doctor came barging in the door and said unceremoniously, “Yep, you’re diabetic.”
Others have written much about what the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, means for diabetics. I will leave the analysis to the…
I recently visited my endocrinologist for a routine checkup. I was in the waiting area reading, texting, and, well, waiting. A woman who works at…
This low carb appetizer is so easy to make, I hesitate to even call it a recipe. It's more like a great idea which also happens to be delicious. The creamy goat cheese filling is tangy and full of flavor. You can use other herbs in place of the garlic and basil if you prefer.
Last week we went on a long awaited trip to Italy. The trip was a family success, but a blood sugar disaster. I love Italy but it seems my body, or at…
In today’s society, it seems that an automatic coping mechanism for the less-pleasant things in life (like diabetes) is to resort poking fun at…
CMS recently rolled out competitive bidding for glucose test strips, a highly controversial process which set the reimbursement amounts that Medicare is willing to pay for glucose test strips. These new prices went into effect on July 1, 2013. You can read Medicare’s summary of the changes here; as the New York Times reported (in a poorly researched article that does not acknowledge any potential quality or safety issues), whereas Medicare used to pay $77.90 for 100 test strips, it now will pay $22.47 – a 72% reduction.
Medtronic just announced FDA approval of its MiniMed 530G insulin pump with low-glucose suspend, the first step toward a full-blown artificial…
You’re 10, 20, 30 or more pounds overweight and you’ve dieted, on and off, for years. You’ve lost weight and then put it back…