The Diabetes Resource website came to be out of sheer frustration. When I was first diagnosed almost 10 years ago I was having a really hard time finding what I wanted on the internet...
Category: Living
Senator Herb Kohl (D), chair of the Special Committee on Aging, sent letters to AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Eli Lilly, Novartis, Pfizer, and Sanofi-Aventis asking them to explain why Americans on average pay twice as much as people in other industrialized countries for prescription drugs...
Make a shopping list before you go to the supermarket and then buy only the items you've written down. If you allow yourself to roam the aisles in a store, you're much more likely to buy food products you don't need and that aren't good for you. Entering the supermarket with a plan will save you time, money, and help you keep your blood sugar levels in check.
All are invited to submit a design concept (devices or web applications) for a consumer-friendly tool that will improve daily life for the millions of people with diabetes...
Be on the lookout for the following ingredients–any of them can be used in addition to, or as a substitute for, plain old sugar: molasses, maple syrup, glucose, fructose, brown rice syrup, corn syrup...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration(FDA) has notified 17 food manufacturers that the labeling for 22 of their food products violates the Federal regulations. The action follows an October 2009 statement by Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Margaret Hamburg, M.D., encouraging companies to review their labeling to ensure that they are in compliance with FDA regulations...
Oh, Dr. Oz, what has happened that you are adding to the myths of diabetes? For you to say, "Type 1 is also called juvenile diabetes and you are born with it"
Trip highlights: riding an elephant through the Thai forest, horseriding through the pampas at sunset in Argentina...
I was openly curious about how the chemistry of raw food would change the chemistry of me...
I was crushed when I was first diagnosed and told that my Olympic aspirations were over. I immediately started studying the disease and the history of its treatment.