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Pumping Insulin, The Fifth Edition

We recently received a copy of Pumping Insulin, the 5th Edition, which provides up-to-date information on how to use an insulin pump to achieve the best blood glucose management. The book provides clear, logical steps on how to set up a pump test and adjust it. It demonstrates simple ways to find your total daily dose of insulin, basal rate and carb and correction factors for boluses, and how to use the bolus calculator to avoid stacking insulin and highs and lows.

Metformin Recalls: What You Need to Know

Diabetes and Cancer: Can Metformin Treat Both?

The association between diabetes and cancer was first noted over 100 years ago, but physicians have become increasingly aware of this association only in the last few years as recent studies have demonstrated that having diabetes increases the risk of almost all types of cancer. The risk of pancreatic, liver, and endometrial cancer is approximately twice that of the non-diabetic population. Some studies have reported a similar increase in the risk of bladder cancer and in cancers of the oral cavity.

A Second Chance at Diabetes Management

After months of chemotherapy and surgery, the cancer was in remission. I had survived. What was diabetes compared to that? Nothing...

Pfizer Drug Lyrica Fails in Phase 3 Study In Patients With Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

Pfizer Inc. has announced that a Phase 3 randomized withdrawal design study for Lyrica (pregabalin) in patients with inadequately treated painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (pDPN) did not meet its primary efficacy endpoint, change in endpoint mean pain score relative to baseline...

Proving the Hygiene Hypothesis?

The hygiene hypothesis sounds plausible, especially in light of studies that have found increasing rates of diseases like type 1 diabetes in developed and developing countries...

The Primal Blueprint: An Interview With Mark Sisson

I get feedback from people with type 1 diabetes who have had success implementing the Primal Blueprint, it can help manage the disease...

After Your Workout Continue to Check Your BG

When Mike runs long distances, he knows to check his blood sugar frequently. He carries energy gels in his running pack and uses several of them in almost every long run. He's got the routine down to as close to perfect as you can get with diabetes. But what often takes him by surprise is the fact that many times even hours after a long run his blood sugar will continue to drop.