One of the most interesting and important professional journals will publish a head-to-head comparison of major blood glucose meters in its forthcoming April 2008 issue. The article in Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics compares Abbott Diabetes Care's FreeStyle Flash, Roche's Accu-Chek Advantage and Accu-Chek... Read more
People with diabetes are like everyone else, only more so. This realization has been slowly growing in my mind as I began to appreciate that while we talk all the time about how those of us with diabetes need regular exercise, good nutrition, and weight control, everyone needs that too.Even the complications of diabetes are more intense... Read more
As soon as I read the new study by Dr. James Levine, I was inspired to go right out for a four-mile two-hour walk over to the University of New Mexico campus. I'm in Albuquerque this week, where I am visiting my favorite Certified Diabetes Educator, Karen LaVine. Dr. Levine is a Mayo Clinic endocrinologist and... Read more
"We live in a culture of low targets," writes Hana, one of my regular correspondents in England who has diabetes. For example, her nurse told her that that walking for half an hour three times a week was enough exercise to make a difference, and it doesn't have to be fast walking. "I do a lot... Read more