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Gretchen Becker

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posted 11/13/2008, comments (5)

The JUPITER Trial

Everyone, it seems, is writing about the results of the recent JUPITER trial. In case you haven't heard, this is the trial that showed that healthy middle-aged people (men over 50 and women over 60) with normal cholesterol levels (LDL less than 130) but high levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) had fewer deaths, especially cardiovascular deaths... Read more Chevron

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Amy Tenderich

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Diabetes Mine creator

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posted 11/06/2008, comments (0)

Five Things I Learned About HealthDesign

On Wednesday of this week, I was privileged to attend the Project HealthDesign Expo in Washington, DC. Not only to attend, but I was invited to deliver the lunchtime keynote address. It was an amazing experience to stand up in front of 200 health experts from industry, government, academia and advocacy organizations and talk about... Read more Chevron

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Ann Bartlett

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Wellness Center Owner, living with type 1

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posted 11/03/2008, comments (0)

Yoga Versus Pilates

Yoga vs. Pilates In David’s recent post on yoga someone raised the question of yoga or Pilates, which is better? My first exposure to Pilates was in 1990, when I met a guy who opened a fitness center for elite athletes in Boulder, Colorado. The center was all integrated approaches to helping the elite body stay injury... Read more Chevron

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Manny Hernandez

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Pres. Diabetes Hand Foundation; TuDiabetes.com, EsTuDiabetes.com

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posted 10/09/2008, comment (1)

Google: Give Us a Doodle For World Diabetes Day!

Ever seen those fun-looking doodles Google puts up once a while on their home page? They are appropriately called "Google Doodles" and earlier this week thousands of people with diabetes started signing a petition for Google to do one of those doodles come November 14: you guessed it! Our very own World Diabetes Day Google... Read more Chevron

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Kim Benjet

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Son has diabetes

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posted 09/22/2008, comment (1)

We Like the Wii

We all know that exercise is crucial to controlling diabetes. It stands with diet as one of the most important factors in regulating blood sugar. Moderately high blood sugar can be safely and quickly brought down with a walk around the block, a hike through the woods, a game of touch football in the backyard and yes even a game of... Read more Chevron

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