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Kelsey Bonilla

Kelsey Bonilla, Health Guide

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Diabetes Inconveniences

Sometimes diabetes interrupts my life in the most aggravating ways.  Case in point: yesterday I started to test my blood sugar at the beginning of church and discovered that I only had one test strip left. Sigh.      Our church is near the center of the city and we now live in the suburbs.  So, our plan for the day... Read moreChevron
Dr. Bill Quick

Dr. Bill Quick, Health Pro

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Physician who is living with diabetes; editor of www.D-is-for-Diabetes.com

Are We Meeting the Goals for Diabetes Care?

A recent diabetes report, Achievement of Goals in U.S. Diabetes Care 1999–2010, examined how people with diabetes said they are doing. The participants had been enrolled in two big U.S. surveys, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, and who had self-reported... Read moreChevron
posted 04/29/2013, comments (0)|
Dr. Bill Quick

Dr. Bill Quick, Health Pro

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Physician who is living with diabetes; editor of www.D-is-for-Diabetes.com

Was it the Diet or the Surgery?

A recent study, Rapid Improvement of Diabetes After Gastric Bypass Surgery, Is It the Diet or Surgery? caught my eye. As long-term readers know, I’ve been an adamant advocate for limiting the use of weight loss surgery for diabetes management to patients participating in clinical trials (see Weight-Loss Surgery Does Not Cure... Read moreChevron
Dr. Fran Cogen

Dr. Fran Cogen, Health Pro

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

The Dilemma of Diabetes Care Transition in Young Adults

It is that time again—seniors in high school are receiving acceptances to universities all across the country (and even internationally). Our senior students with diabetes are no exception! While some of our youth with diabetes in the Washington, DC, area are dreaming of attending a university in southern California for example, their family... Read moreChevron
posted 04/23/2013, comments (0)|
David Mendosa

David Mendosa, Health Guide

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

Eating Attentively to Manage Diabetes

Carefully counting calories can help those of us who have diabetes lose weight. But the discipline and effort involved in monitoring our calorie intake over a period of months or years is a lot of work, and few of us can keep it up for long. For this reason the average amount of weight that people lose typically slows down after a few months. A... Read moreChevron
posted 04/23/2013, comments (0)|

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