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Meg, the Noob

posted 05/09/2008, comment (1)

I'm so confused.

Ok, so I was diagnosed with Type 1 after having a short but high dose of prednisone (a corticosteroid). My dosage wasn't tapered off. I ended up in hospital, and was put on insulin to bring my BG levels down. Since leaving the hospital I have had virtually daily lows. The doctor has been cutting my insulin dose to try to... Read more Chevron

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David Mendosa

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posted 05/08/2008, comments (3)

Drinking Calories Debated

The debate on whether the calories that people with or without diabetes drink help to make us feel full isn't over. But the evidence that they don't is mounting. My preliminary article, "Drinking Calories," appeared here last September. At that time I reported on the finding of obesity researcher Barbara Rolls. “Calorie intake increased... Read more Chevron

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Dr. Bill Quick

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posted 05/08/2008, comments (2)

Not worth a pile of beans

The American Academy of Pediatrics' journal, Pediatrics, recently published a review of adverse events reported in teens (ages 12-21 years) using insulin pumps (Adolescent Use of Insulin and Patient-Controlled Analgesia Pump Technology: A 10-Year Food and Drug Administration Retrospective Study of Adverse Events). The media picked it up, and... Read more Chevron

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Meg, the Noob

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posted 05/08/2008, comment (1)

No insulin, no low! And yogacise.

Yesterday was my first insulin-less day. I was very nervous about it, but it ended up being the first day since being diagnosed that I didn't have a low! I'm so very very happy about that. Of course, I'm still being excessively anal about testing while I'm off the insulin (at least once an hour!), but other than my numbers being... Read more Chevron

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posted 05/07/2008, comments (2)

Could Metformin Actually Protect the Kidneys?

The drug metformin is not recommended for people with kidney disease. For this reason, some people think that metformin causes kidney disease. But new evidence suggests that metformin might actually protect the kidneys. For many people with type 2 diabetes, metformin is a very effective drug. In everyone, the liver is a sort of... Read more Chevron

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