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Kerri Sparling

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posted 11/24/2009, comments (0)

What Numbers Matter?

Beauty benchmarks seem to be measured in what size pants you fit into and what designer hand bag you have draped over your rail-thin arm. This is the biggest bunch of crap I have ever heard. In my life. There's a lot of body image problems in our society. (Feel free to file that under "No Kidding.") Women are shown... Read more Chevron

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Dr. Fran Cogen

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Director, Child/Adolescent Diabetes Program at Children's Nat'l

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posted 11/24/2009, comments (2)

Finding the Right Diabetes Specialist to Match Your Needs, Part 2

Last week we discussed the difficulties surrounding the transition from the pediatric diabetes team to the adult world of endocrinology. Several weeks ago I talked about the responsibilities of both the person with diabetes and those of the healthcare providers. Today, I would like to provide tips to choose the right diabetes team for young and... Read more Chevron

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Christopher

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posted 11/23/2009, comments (0)

A Diabetic’s Guilt-Free Thanksgiving

A Diabetic’s Guilt-Free ThanksgivingThanksgiving Day has traditionally been thought of as a day of indulgent feasting. We rationalize the overeating as a minor indiscretion that can be made up by eating less before and after the big day. For diabetics this may not be a choice that promotes good health.The truth is there’s a lot to... Read more Chevron

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David Mendosa

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Medical Journalist Living with Diabetes and Author of Fitness and Photography for Fun, www.mendosa.com/fitnessblog

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posted 11/22/2009, comments (5)

Thanksgiving Stuffing

Those of us fortunate enough to be Americans have so many things to be grateful for this Thanksgiving. A huge Thanksgiving dinner isn't one of them.In just the past seven years the typical Joy of Cooking recipe has added 44 percent more calories. A typical recipe for Thanksgiving meals used to be for six or eight people. Now it's... Read more Chevron

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Dr. Bill Quick

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Physician and Medical Director of DiabetesMonitor.com

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posted 11/21/2009, comments (0)

Lousy Reimbursement is a Barrier to Comprehensive Diabetes Care

A recent survey of physicians, Physicians' Perceptions of Reimbursement as a Barrier to Comprehensive Diabetes Care, highlights a well-known, ancient, and unsolvable problem: sometimes physicians simply don’t get paid enough to take care of people with diabetes (PWD). It’s certainly easier to scribble a prescription for an antibiotic... Read more Chevron

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