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Son living with Type 1 diabetes
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Type 1 Diabetes' Impact on Children's Mood

Your child is in the midst of a temper tantrum, which a kid will do no matter what his age, and before you discipline him, you stop yourself with these questions: "Maybe it's his blood sugar. Maybe he's low again. Maybe his BG readings are high. Then again, maybe he's just plain acting out."   These questions plague most parents with children... Read moreChevron
posted 04/04/2011, comments (3)|
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Director, Child/Adolescent Diabetes Program at Children's Nat'l
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Medication Safety and the Artificial Pancreas

For Part 1, read here.   The next two themes presented at the course that I would like to discuss are medication safety and the artificial pancreas.   3. Medication Safety. There were several presentations in regard to the different classes of pharmaceutical agents used to treat type 2 diabetes, as well as a discussion of the basal... Read moreChevron
posted 03/29/2011, comments (2)|
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Director, Child/Adolescent Diabetes Program at Children's Nat'l
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Hemoglobin A1c and Diagnosis of Diabetes in Adolescents

The diagnosis of diabetes has major ramifications for the family and child/adolescent and therefore must not be made without certainty. There are four ways to diagnose diabetes (all types including: type 1, type 2, type 1.5, gestational, permanent neonatal diabetes, MODY, steroid or medication induced diabetes, Cystic Fibrosis related diabetes,... Read moreChevron
posted 03/22/2011, comments (4)|
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Managing the Symptoms and Side Effects of Diabetes and Medications

There's little doubt that living with diabetes brings surprises almost every day, particularly its physical side effects and impacts, ranging from the calloused fingers of daily BG testing to the longer term-side effects like eye and kidney damage. Yet nothing prepared our family for the unusual and difficult-to-diagnose side effect that diabetes... Read moreChevron
posted 03/20/2011, comments (0)|
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Wellness Center Owner, living with type 1
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Are You an A1c Champion?

Champions are those people who make us feel good, be better people, or who give us validation and inspire us to want to work harder.  My mind can sift through my childhood memories and recall people who made me feel confident, but none were people living with diabetes! I didn’t know anyone else with diabetes until a few years ago and... Read moreChevron
posted 03/17/2011, comments (2)|
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