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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 11/25/2009, comments (4)

The Case for More Vitamin D

Are you suspicious of snake oil claims that something will treat a whole lot of health problems? I sure am.The newest entry on the snake oil scene would seem to be vitamin D. I've lost track of all that this vitamin is supposedly good for -- everything from building strong bones to protecting us from strokes and heart failure to... Read more Chevron

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Kerri Sparling

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posted 11/24/2009, comments (0)

What Numbers Matter?

Beauty benchmarks seem to be measured in what size pants you fit into and what designer hand bag you have draped over your rail-thin arm. This is the biggest bunch of crap I have ever heard. In my life. There's a lot of body image problems in our society. (Feel free to file that under "No Kidding.") Women are shown... Read more Chevron

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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 11/24/2009, comments (6)

Finding the Right Diabetes Specialist to Match Your Needs, Part 2

Last week we discussed the difficulties surrounding the transition from the pediatric diabetes team to the adult world of endocrinology. Several weeks ago I talked about the responsibilities of both the person with diabetes and those of the healthcare providers. Today, I would like to provide tips to choose the right diabetes team for young and... 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 11/21/2009, comments (0)

Lousy Reimbursement is a Barrier to Comprehensive Diabetes Care

A recent survey of physicians, Physicians' Perceptions of Reimbursement as a Barrier to Comprehensive Diabetes Care, highlights a well-known, ancient, and unsolvable problem: sometimes physicians simply don’t get paid enough to take care of people with diabetes (PWD). It’s certainly easier to scribble a prescription for an antibiotic... Read more Chevron

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Amylia Grace

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type 1 since the age of eleven, I'm a writer, educator & blogger.

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posted 11/20/2009, comments (0)

New Ritual = New Habits (now with less carbs!)

Our local organic grocery store has a pastry chef who has won all kinds of awards for her tasty treats. I am partial to her cookies. They're big. They're cakey. And they're organic, made with all-natural ingredients. I give her awards every time I eat one! One winter a few years ago, I got hooked on these cookies despite their carbiness. They... Read more Chevron

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