"Just as important as having ideas is getting rid of them." So said the late Francis Crick, who along with James Watson worked out the basic structure of DNA in the early 1950s. His remark was quoted in a 1978 New Yorker article on the history of DNA (sometimes I get a tad behind in my reading, and this article, yellowed with... Read more
[Humor] Somehow (I'm not sure how, as it was summer just a few days ago) the holidays seem to be upon us. And the holiday season is always difficult when you're on a strict diet, as most of us are. It's especially difficult if this is your first holiday with diabetes. Last year you could eat anything you wanted. Now... Read more
[Humor] We all know that stress can exacerbate a lot of medical conditions, so last week I decided I should look into some techniques for reducing stress. One of these techniques is visualization. When you're stressed, you try to imagine yourself in a place that would be relaxing, you feel the stress fall away, and the... Read more
One sad aspect of the diabetes world is the way people with the two major types of diabetes -- type 1 and type 2 -- sometimes seem more adversarial than supportive of each other. Whenever there's an article about the "epidemic" of type 2 diabetes, there's apt to be a flurry of comments by parents of children with type 1... Read more