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Ann Bartlett

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posted 10/22/2009, comments (2)

A Blood Glucose Meter for the Visually Impaired

For people living with diabetes, complications are a factor to be considered in doing everyday tasks. For someone with diabetic retinopathy, a simple task like reading your blood sugar could be frustrating, thus leading to bigger problem of skipping testing. The need to care for your blood sugar level is the most important factor in... Read more Chevron

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Ann Bartlett

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posted 10/22/2009, comments (2)

What Questions Do You Have on Faith and Healing?

HealthCentral has been in contact with the editorial dept of On Faith about creating a content-sharing with each of the sites on HealthCentral! To start our project, we want to hear your questions regarding faith and healing, and On Faith's two bloggers will post responses and link them back to our site here. For... 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 10/21/2009, comments (9)

The Best Crackers

Like Polly, people sometimes want a cracker. Sometimes we even need a cracker to serve ourselves or our guests some great dips. Even people who control their diabetes on a very low carb diet sometimes want a cracker. But almost all the crackers you can find either have too many carbs or taste terrible. Until recently the only low-carb crackers... Read more Chevron

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Dave in Md

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posted 10/20/2009, comments (0)

Lessons learned in the first year

I had this idea a while back and am hoping that this might make the learning curve for another newbie just a little faster and a bit less stressful. Things I have learned during my first year as a Type 2 diabetic. I was diagnosed on Aug 18 2008 and in my first year I learned a lot more about the body, nutrition and digestion than I ever thought... 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 10/20/2009, comments (3)

Halloween Tricks and Treats

The leaves are changing color and have begun to populate sidewalks and grassy areas heralding one of the most exciting holidays of the year for both adults and children: HALLOWEEN! I must admit that the Halloween holiday has murky memories for me: trick-or-treating in bizarre costumes (I never had any of the cool ones), and being scared of masks... Read more Chevron

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