The Ultimate Guide to the Paleo Diet
I’ve been following the Paleo Diet over the last year and a half. What started out as an experiment, inspired by the essay “Why I Eat…
LifeScan Recalls OneTouch Verio IQ Glucose Meters
Life Scan has announced the voluntary recall of their OneTouch Verio IQ Meter. The reason given by LifeScan for the recall of the glucose meter is that under very specific circumstances the OneTouch Verio IQ Meter produces an error that causes the meter to turn itself off when a user attempts to access...
Food Isn’t the Enemy
I first learned about National Eating Disorders Awareness (NEDA) Week (February 26 -March 3, 2012) on Gena Hamshaw's fantastic blog, Choosing Raw. The mission of NEDA Awareness Week "is to ultimately prevent eating disorders and body image issues while reducing the stigma surrounding eating disorders and improving access to treatment.
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Type 2 Diabetes Drug Byetta Recommended as Add-on Therapy to Insulin
The European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a positive opinion in the European Union (EU) for the expanded use of Byetta (exenatide twice-daily) as an add-on therapy to basal insulin, with or without metformin and/or Actos® (pioglitazone)...
Unconscious
Yesterday morning, after a sleepless night caused by Adam’s coughing, Jessica decided we needed to take Adam back to the doctor.  He had just finished…
To All the Carbs I’ve Loved Before
This is my diabetes cover of the Willie Nelson – Julio Iglesias song “To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before.”  I don’t…