The strange thing about writing about diabetes is that you put yourself at risk of really letting it take over your life. Things can get sort of meta…
Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of new cases of legal blindness in working-age Americans, and more than half of all people living with diabetes do not get the recommended annual dilated eye exams.
Novo Nordisk announced today that it has initiated its first phase 1 clinical trial with an oral insulin analogue (NN1952). The aim of the trial, conducted in Germany, is to investigate the safety, tolerance, exposure of drug and effect of NN1952 oral insulin in healthy volunteers and people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes...
Living Cell Technologies announced that the first patient in their trial to receive a transplant of insulin producing porcine cells is doing well,…
A review of a 'low-glycemic' sugar substitute made from a South American plant.
Do you ever feel like diabetes gear is addictive? Or, rather, that it doesn’t take long to become dependent on something that, just weeks…
I love to drink coffee and since my diabetes diagnosis one of the things I miss most is having a bite of something sweet and carby - like banana bread or a carrot muffin - along with my morning coffee. I saw this recipe from Hannah’s Harvest (which was featured on Elanaspantry)
I have a problem with beans. Or, rather, legumes in general. I know they’re supposed to be good for me. I know they have a low glycemic index…
The US Senate approved an amendment, put forward by Senator Barbara Mikulski, Democrat of Maryland, that would require insurance companies to offer free mammograms and other preventive services including annual diabetes screening...
The National Institute of Health (NIH) announced the approval of the first 13 human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines for use in NIH-funded research under the NIH Guidelines for Human Stem Cell Research adopted in July 2009.
Children's Hospital Boston developed 11 of the approved lines and Rockefeller University in New York City developed two of the approved lines....