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Shedding Light on the Co-morbidities of DiabetesThe Complications of Having Rheumatoid Arthritis and Diabetes

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A year on a pump

I was thinking about how long it's been since I started using my insulin pump, and looked it up: it's now over a year; I started pumping on June 16, 2008, and have been using the device continuously since then.   Thinking back over this year, several thoughts pop up: 1) Would I ever go back to syringes and vials? I really can't imagine... Read moreChevron

Painful diabetic neuropathy

Diabetic nerve damage to the feet, sometimes called diabetic neuropathy, or more correctly, diabetic distal symmetric sensory polyneuropathy, frequently causes people with diabetes to lose sensation in their feet, which is usually describe as "numbness." Sadly, there's really not much available to help this loss of sensation.   However,... Read moreChevron

What if you have an unexpected lab value?

As I do every time I'm at a big diabetes meeting, I head for the exhibit hall to see what's new - and to get my A1C checked. This past weekend, I was at the American Diabetes Association meeting in New Orleans, and the exhibit hall had not one, not two, but three different vendors offering free A1C testing. The vendors were using lab devices... Read moreChevron

Judge Sotomayor's diabetes doctor's letter

  As most of you are probably aware by now, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has had diabetes since childhood. Ms. Sotomayor was born June 25, 1954, and was diagnosed at age 8 -- that would add up to around 47 years of living with diabetes.   Some pundits have been raising questions about whether her diabetes might be a negative... Read moreChevron

Eleven classes of diabetes drugs

Way back in 1995, doctors in the US and patients with diabetes had a new option to treat type 2 diabetes: a drug of a different kind from those already available: up until then, the only available drugs for T2DM in the US were the insulins, and a class of drugs called the sulfonylureas. The new drug was in a class called biguanides, and was... Read moreChevron

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