Diabetes Expert Manny Hernandez shares Diabetes management news and commentary at MyDiabetesCentral.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/84404 http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/84404/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/84404 http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/84404/61449/glucose-tracking Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:58:22 -0500 Manny Hernandez Last month, I wrote about a couple of tools currently available to help you track your blood glucose data online. In this article, I discuss five more tools you can find on the web to help you with your diabetes management.     GlucoSurferURL: http://Glucosurfer.org Cost: free of charge. Donations to help maintain the service are encouraged.Based out of Germany, Glucosurfer.org offers a mobile-based alternative to your handwritten... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/84404/61449/glucose-tracking http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/84404/57629/tracking-glucose Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:57:40 -0500 Manny Hernandez A couple of years ago, the only options to track our blood glucose online patient with diabetes had available were the ones offered by glucose meter manufacturers. If you have had diabetes for a while now, I don't need to tell you most of these tools are fairly limited in the kind flexibility they give you, which hopefully makes the focus of this two-part article useful.Earlier this month, I discussed the best iPhone applications for diabetes... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/84404/57629/tracking-glucose http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/84404/54782/applications Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:41:00 -0500 Manny Hernandez The iPhone has become the darling of the mobile world since it came out. It became even more popular as third-party applications started becoming available to iPhone users. Healthcare was one of the areas where apps were developed and diabetes management has started taking on an Apple-like look since then.In this article I briefly discuss the five best diabetes management applications currently available for iPhone and iPod Touch users. All of... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/84404/54782/applications http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/84404/50102/resources-videos Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:32:00 -0500 Manny Hernandez So you want to get your fix of diabetes-related videos? Where do you go to? The general video sitesFor sure you can start on YouTube: if you type in "diabetes" you will get tens of thousands of results. You run into the now classic Wilford Brimley "Diabetes Dance Mix" alongside what seems like a million tribute videos to Nick Jonas, side by side with touching amateur productions by patients and their familiies, promoting a fundraising walk or... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/84404/50102/resources-videos http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/84404/44054/google-diabetes Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:46:00 -0400 Manny Hernandez Ever seen those fun-looking doodles Google puts up once a while on their home page? They are appropriately called "Google Doodles" and earlier this week thousands of people with diabetes started signing a petition for Google to do one of those doodles come November 14: you guessed it! Our very own World Diabetes Day Google Doodle!   Considering how popular Google is, with their help we will be able to raise more diabetes awareness that... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/84404/44054/google-diabetes http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/84404/42866/assistance-2-0 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:55:00 -0400 Manny Hernandez A couple of weeks ago, I was reading a great article by Amy Tenderich where she talked about an uninsured patience assistance program. I remembered I had collected a list with few sites aimed at offering help to uninsured people with diabetes. So I decided to brush up the list and share it here as a way to complement the work Amy started. Aggregators of Information for PatientsThese are sites that offer information that is not specific to... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/84404/42866/assistance-2-0 http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/84404/38056/information-find Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:39:00 -0400 Manny Hernandez Finding information about diabetes online can be easy and tasking at the same time. It is easy because Google brings the entire web to you allowing you to obtain millions of results when you enter a search as straightforward as "diabetes." The tasking part results from the quantity of the results that you get and the quality: how can you tell trustworthy sources from bogus web sites? Enter diabetes blogger Bernard Farrell. A diabetic himself... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/84404/38056/information-find http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/84404/33970/smaller-messaging Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:18:00 -0400 Manny Hernandez What if you could sort of instant message with hundreds of people in a collective fashion but without having to use another Instant Messaging program? What if you could make new virtual friends outside of your online acquaintances in social networks? And the biggest one of all: what if you could learn more about ways to better manage your diabetes while you are doing all of the above? Sound too geeky? It is, but it’s one of those geeky... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/84404/33970/smaller-messaging http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/84404/29312/impressions Fri, 30 May 2008 12:00:00 -0400 Manny Hernandez At the end of April 2008, Google (the same web site that you use to search for the nearest grocery store and movie show times or to learn more about a company and its products) launched Google Health. Google's intent is to help users of the service store and manage all their health information in one place and for free. Their only requirement: you need to have a Google username and password. Having used and followed Google for many years, I... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/84404/29312/impressions