The setting and environment have to be just right to encourage overeating. We have to be oblivious to the many tricks our mind plays on us--or that we can play on our minds...
Using a sophisticated nanotechnology-based “vaccine,” researchers were able to successfully cure mice with type 1 diabetes and slow the onset of the disease in mice at risk for the disease. The study, co-funded by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, provides new and important insights into understanding how to stop the immune attack that causes type 1 diabetes...
This oatmeal is so delicious and nutritious you'll want to eat it for every meal, but breakfast is probably...
Sanofi-aventis announced that it has signed a global license agreement with CureDM Group on a novel human peptide, Pancreate™, which could restore a patients’ ability to produce insulin and other pancreatic hormones in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Pancreate™ is a bioactive peptide sequence of a naturally occurring human protein that has been shown...
I looked at the extended weather forecast for Rotterdam and it looks like I’m in luck. The weather, according to CNN weather is supposed to be great…
A new study shows alpha cells in the pancreas, the cells which secrete the hormone glucagon, can regenerate themselves into insulin-producing beta cells...
The only way to treat celiac disease is to go on a gluten-free diet, eliminating all wheat, rye, and barely from your diet. People who keep kosher for Passover are required to give up almost exactly the same grains as people on a gluten-free diet.
It is a cloudy Monday morning and I am about to head to UCSF’s Diabetes Teaching Center for my first afternoon in a 3 1/2 day insulin workshop.…
This is where my mind wanders when you leave me on hold for too long.
While I was on hold for the umpteenth time with Minimed (those Continuous Glucose…
The Rotterdam marathon is just a few days away and I’ve been sick with some kind of virus which has kept me from running. I skipped my Sunday 10 mile…