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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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Kerri Sparling

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posted 10/20/2009, comments (2)

Best Buddy Benefits

Sometimes when I think about my best friend, I marvel at how much diabetes affects her life. She's best buddies with a type 1 diabetic like me, and she's also an ER nurse, dealing with diabetes emergencies as they enter her emergency room. But in addition to those factors, both of her parents have type 2 diabetes, making her closer... Read more Chevron

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Kelsey Bonilla

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posted 10/13/2009, comments (0)

Diabetic Pregnancy: Then and Now

Having had a healthy baby and pregnancy while managing type 1 diabetes is one of my greatest sources of personal satisfaction. This exercise of discipline and determination has provided me a sense of confidence that I can handle many of life's other challenges. That being said, I recently became extremely humbled by learning of the... Read more Chevron

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Dr. Bill Quick

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Physician and Medical Director of DiabetesMonitor.com

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posted 10/11/2009, comments (5)

More yellow stuff

Several weeks ago, I wrote about a new category of sweeteners I called the "green stuff." At that time, I was under the impression that the yellow stuff, Splenda (sucralose), was available only under the one name-brand. But I was wrong. On a recent shopping expedition, my wife Steph mentioned that she saw several brands of sucralose available... 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 10/08/2009, comments (2)

Should You Get a Shot for H1N1 (Swine Flu)?

For months the question has been whether we could gear up production of vaccine for the H1N1 flu virus -- formerly swine flu -- fast enough. Now that the first doses have reached some distribution centers this week, we have the answer to that question. This answer leads to the next question that we all have to face. Should we get the vaccine? ... Read more Chevron

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