This week I kicked off my training for the season. I’ve decided to run the Tiberias marathon again in January and I’ve also signed up for a few other…
Many health care providers have forgotten, or don't realize, the enormous healing power of being fully engaged and present with their patients...
When you consume alternative sweeteners, you are trying to fool your body. But you can't. The body knows that what you are giving it is fake...
(Background: Parts 1, 2, and 3)
All right, folks. The time has come. I am taking the first steps toward trying to mix Symlin and insulin, in order to…
Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, is just around the corner. Traditionally, Rosh Hashana meals include apples and honey which symbolize a sweet new year, and guarantee a fast rise in blood glucose levels. So what's a diabetic to do?
One option is, of course, to have a tiny bite and call it quits....
Until this year, the glycated hemoglobin or hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) test was used only for monitoring patients once they had been diagnosed with diabetes. In January 2010, however, the American Diabetes Association Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes added the measure of HbA1c 6.5% as a criterion for the diagnosis of diabetes, in addition to the fasting glucose test...
(Yes, that is a Barbara Streisand reference. Sorry.)
So, you’d think that after more than five years of wearing various editions of the Minimed…
By zeroing in on several gene variations that are key markers of diabetes, Buckner and her team have been able to trace the path of autoimmune dysfunction...
I've never had trouble finding a way to carry my kit unobtrusively. Recently, however, I found myself in two situations which made me aware of the bulkiness of the kit--and gave me a newfound appreciation for the kit’s velcro strap.
...these were men who knew about hard things, Spike in World War II, Charlie in World War I, my dad as an immigrant slipping away from Poland on a merchant ship - they understood sacrifice, but giving up beer because of "sugar," that seemed to stump them...