As our design developed, Elon was coding it and bringing it to life. I began testing it and using it to track my own diabetes...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly's type 2 diabetes drug Tradjenta (linagliptin) as a medication used along with diet and exercise to lower blood sugar in adult patients.
The drug can be used as monotherapy or in combination with other commonly prescribed medications...
In my last post I set the stage for talking about aspirin in the context of diabetes. There is quite a lot to talk about. Let’s start with heart disease.…
This morning I read two posts that collided, in a way, to illuminate for me the fears that we’ve attached to food. One post was from a friend…
I confess: I’m doing something I swore I wouldn’t do. I’m eating carbs and not checking my blood sugar. But wait, before you…
After finishing the Tel Aviv Marathon with a new personal record and feeling great I couldn’t wait to register for another marathon. Although my…
Vitamin D deficiency can contribute to retinopathy in young people with type 1 diabetes, according to a new study published in Diabetes Care. If you haven't checked your vitamin D level recently, ask your doctor to check next time you go in for an HbA1c test.
Researchers from UCLA's Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center have discovered the underlying mechanism that could convert other cell types into pancreatic beta cells.
It had long been assumed that the identity of cells was "locked" into place and that they could not be switched into other cell types...
I’ve been making socca, a type of chickpea flatbread, to go with my ratatouille for years, but I never thought to use it as a pizza crust until I had it for dinner while traveling in New York. I came home and started playing with my socca recipe until I had the perfect crust.
I was steamed at the disparity between the barrage of media messages and government food guidelines to eat healthfully and how we make it so difficult to do so...