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Gretchen Becker

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Author, Humorist, wildlyfluctuating.blogspot.com
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Testing Blood Glucose and Type 2

Here we go again!   It seems that every few years another group announces that blood glucose (BG) testing strips aren't useful in patients with type 2 diabetes who don't take insulin. Here's the latest.   Naturally, the insurance companies (or in Britain the National Health Service) want evidence for this so they can stop paying for... Read moreChevron
posted 01/30/2012, comments (2)|
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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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Bydureon Approved Today

Today we have the biggest diabetes drug news in 90 years. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration finally approved Bydureon, extended release exenatide. Now people with type 2 diabetes can take just one shot a week. This single weekly injection will help millions of us manage our diabetes better. We already know that Bydureon has a significant side... Read moreChevron
posted 01/27/2012, comments (16)|
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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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Diabetes and the Process of Behavioral Change

In 1983, Prochaska et. al published "Stages and Processes of Self-Change of Smoking: Toward an Integrative Model of Change" in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Volume 51, No. 3, 390-395. Although the paper targeted smoking cessation, this change model has been applied and is appropriate in many clinical situations. The ability to... Read moreChevron
posted 01/25/2012, comments (0)|
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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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LifeScan's New VerioIQ Meter

When the country’s leading blood glucose meter manufacturer introduces its first new meter in years, checking it out makes sense. LifeScan, a Johnson & Johnson company, sells more meters in this country than any other company, and it just came out with a new version of its old OneTouch meter. This one they call the VerioIQ, because... Read moreChevron
posted 01/24/2012, comments (3)|
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internationally published poet, writer, research assistant, diabetes advocate and educator. Dx'd with T1DM in '89.
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Study Shows Checking Bloodsugar Rather Pointless for Non-Insulin Dependent Type 2 Diabetics

As of 2011, my insurance covers only 4 test strips a day. For a Type 1 diabetic such as myself, this is a ridiculously low number. Like many insulin-dependent diabetics, frequent blood glucose monitoring is essential to my well-being and empowers me to make informed choices that greatly impact not only my day, but my life. I test when Like so... Read moreChevron
posted 01/24/2012, comments (0)|
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