Monday, June 04, 2012

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Gretchen Becker

Gretchen Becker, Health Guide

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Author, Humorist, wildlyfluctuating.blogspot.com

New Approaches to Type 2 and New Devices for Obesity

We'd all like to see a cure for type 2 diabetes on the horizen, but so far, it's not in the works. All we can hope for at the moment is improved gizmos and gadgets that might make our lives a little easier but won't cure the underlying problem, or new approaches to treating patients that might improve our care.   Some of the proposals for... Read moreChevron
Gretchen Becker

Gretchen Becker, Health Guide

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Author, Humorist, wildlyfluctuating.blogspot.com

Diabetes and Weight Loss Surgery: Controlling Portion Size

I've always felt that one reason Americans eat too much is because so much of our food is tasteless. So we substitute quantity for quality.   Speaking at the Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovation Summit in November, this view was supported by a professional chef who had bariatric surgery at the age of 39. His BMI was 52, or 150 pounds over... Read moreChevron
Dr. Fran Cogen

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

Diabetes and Social Networking

Social networking is a relatively recent phenomenon that has become a part of our social lexicon. It seems that just about everyone has a Facebook account. Blogs have also become commonplace, and thus have become the source of an incredible amount of information, as well as providing "point of views." As such, not all information may be trusted as... Read moreChevron
Ann Bartlett

Ann Bartlett, Health Guide

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Wellness Center Owner, living with type 1

Part 2: CureDM: Human Islet Peptide: An Innovative Therapy for Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes

To read part 1 of this sharepost, click here.   Endogenous insulin deficiency is the tie that binds all forms of diabetes. – Pittinger, Taylor-Fishwick, Vinik - A role for islet neogenesis in curing diabetes.   Many of us think of diabetes as a lack of insulin due to the destruction of the beta cells, but more recent research... Read moreChevron
Ann Bartlett

Ann Bartlett, Health Guide

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Wellness Center Owner, living with type 1

FDA Listens to Expert Panel On Artificial Pancreas For Possible Field Test

Last Wednesday, the FDA listened experts outline possible next step for the development of the Artificial Pancreas. So far the Artificial Pancreas has demonstrated that the technology does improve blood glucose control in a hospital or clinical setting.  But clinical settings are not real life and the obvious next step for the artificial... Read moreChevron

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