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Expert_badge Dr. Bill Quick

Dr. Bill Quick

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Physician who is living with diabetes.

Paula Deen and Misleading Marketing

There's been more than enough said about celebrity chef Paula Deen (the proud parent of the glazed donut, hamburger patty, fried egg, and bacon sandwich) and her recent admission that she has had type 2 diabetes for several years --- and that she's being compensated by Novo Nordisk for pitching the diabetes medication she's on, Victoza... Read moreChevron
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MomaT

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#( years old.Lost 165 lbs from Gastric By-Pass 4 years ago!

Low Blood Sugar after Gastric By-pass

Sometimes I feel nauseous and sick and my sugar will be 55.but sometimes I feel sick and its low after I have eat .Why?My 10 yyearold daughter feels sick when hers sugar drops below  85.but then it'll be 145-200 sometimes.Do kids sugar symptoms differer from adults or can some people just feel sick when low sugar is 85 and when its 130 still... Read moreChevron
posted 01/19/2012, comments (0)|
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Dr. Fran Cogen

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

New in Diabetes Technology

The technology revolution in diabetes gadgetry continues to blossom. We will address some latest devices and add a cautionary note about the report of a glitch in one of the insulin pumps (source -Diabetes in control.com.)   mySentry Remote Glucose monitor (FDA approved) works in tandem with the Medtronic Minimed Paradigm Real-Time Revel... Read moreChevron
posted 01/19/2012, comments (0)|
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Gretchen Becker

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Author, Humorist, wildlyfluctuating.blogspot.com

Metformin and Cancer III

I have two pieces of good news today.   First, I'm not going to blog about Paula Deen, whoever she is. I wasn't particularly surprised to learn she has diabetes . . . mostly because I'd never heard of her.   But here's the better news. More evidence that the drug metformin prevents cancer.   Well, I know I shouldn't use the... Read moreChevron
posted 01/19/2012, comments (0)|
Expert_badge David Mendosa

David Mendosa

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

Paula Deen's Critics

Paula Deen’s critics have it wrong. Everybody is jumping all over this poor celebrity chef now that she says that she has diabetes.Poor Paula has grown rich and famous by parleying her home-style cooking into a food empire. Newly divorced and with her last $200 she started a catering service in 1989. In 1996 that became her first restaurant... Read moreChevron