Now that the marathon is well behind me (although my legs seem to still remember it) it’s time to figure out what to run next. I know I want to run another…
I’ve been thinking a lot about doctor-patient interactions and diabetes education recently (related to the project I described in a previous…
The artificial pancreas is better at controlling night time blood sugar levels than conventional pump therapy according to two knew studies carried out at the Wellcome Trust clinical research facility at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in England....
The Medtronic continuous glucose monitor that I wear has sensors that are FDA approved for 3 days at a time. Given, however, the expense and the pain…
Eli Lilly and Company, Amylin Pharmaceuticals and Alkermes announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has issued a positive opinion recommending approval of Bydureon for injection in the European Union for the treatment of type 2 diabetes in combination with...
Pan sauces are such a nice (and easy) way to add a little flair to piece of chicken. Using the pan that you browned the chicken and mushrooms in adds a ton of flavor. When you deglaze the hot pan with the wine, you’re able to pull up all of those tasty bits of chicken, mushrooms and onions.
A new meta study presented by Novo Nordisk at the 20th Annual Meeting and Clinical Congress of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) shows that regardless of baseline A1C, once-daily Victoza (liraglutide [rDNA origin] injection) 1.8 mg consistently helped more patients achieve blood sugar control than...
Here’s the dirty little secret about type 2 diabetes – it’s bad enough dealing with one chronic disease, but for many of us – including myself – we…
"You're a type 1 diabetic," the doctor said. "And you were a pilot." That was 22 years ago. Today Douglas Cairns is not only back in the cockpit, he's attempting to...
If you only have a few minutes to read something about diabetes today, I suggest you skip over my blog and go directly to this article, Is Sugar Toxic?…