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Dr. Bill Quick

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posted 08/02/2009, comment (1)

Glucose control cuts T1DM complications for 30 years

A recent study answers the question for once and for all: long-term control of hyperglycemia over 30 years dramatically cuts the rate of complications in people with type 1 diabetes (T1DM). The study is from the researchers who did the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) back in the 1980's and early 1990's. In that study,... 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 09/21/2008, comments (10)

Fatty Liver and Exercise

If you read my articles about diabetes here regularly, you might have noticed that I rarely cover four topics in the news:1. Knowing the causes of diabetes. This doesn't help us control it.2. Learning how to avoid diabetes. This comes too late for most of us.3. Reading about great new drugs or treatments in the test tube or even up to phase 2... Read more Chevron

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David Mendosa

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posted 08/07/2008, comments (8)

Conquering Sleep Apnea

You can conquer sleep apnea. I know you can because I conquered a most severe form of it. And I've now even given away both of my continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines, which is the standard treatment for overweight people who have sleep apnea.About half of all of us who have diabetes also suffer from sleep apnea. While not all... Read more Chevron

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David Mendosa

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posted 04/20/2008, comments (0)

Inflammation and PAD

More and more of what I read about diabetes implicates inflammation. So when Dr. Michael Jaff told me about its role in peripheral arterial disease (PAD) I took the opportunity to delve into what he could tell me about both inflammation and PAD. Dr. Jaff is the medical director of the Vascular Diagnostic Laboratory at Massachusetts General... Read more Chevron

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David Mendosa

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posted 04/17/2008, comments (5)

Exercise and Peripheral Arterial Disease

Since I knew almost nothing about peripheral arterial disease (PAD), I jumped at the chance to talk with Dr. Michael Jaff a few days ago. He is the medical director of the Vascular Diagnostic Laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital and a specialist in treating PAD.Diabetes often causes it, and it is so often undiagnosed that only... Read more Chevron

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