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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 11/11/2009, comments (0)

Bad Science

Whenever I become conscious of a word or concept new to me, I began to notice it everywhere. All of you probably have had this experience. It is so common that we even have a nice big word for it thanks to the great Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung: Synchronicity.A couple of weeks ago a member of the diabetes support group that meets... 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 11/10/2009, comments (2)

What are Your Healthcare Team's Responsibilities?

In my last blog, I discussed your responsibilities in regard to working with your healthcare provider(s). What are the healthcare team's responsibilities in regard to the care of your diabetes? What are the necessary requirements to ensure that you are getting the best care for you? Knowledge - just as it is important that you seek out 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 11/07/2009, comments (0)

Once-weekly drug therapy for diabetes

With the well-known fact that blood glucose levels (BGL) fluctuate moment-to-moment, and certainly day-by-day, it might be a bit surprising to hear that a diabetes medication could be developed that only needs once-weekly administration. But it's true -- Amylin and Eli Lilly have developed a once-weekly formulation of Byetta (exenatide), their... Read more Chevron

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Gretchen Becker

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Author, Humorist, wildlyfluctuating.blogspot.com

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posted 11/06/2009, comments (3)

Newly Diagnosed: What Can I Eat?

You've recently been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and you don't know what you can eat. One expert says you need to cut back on fat, but you can eat a lot of carbohydrate (starches and sugars). Another says you need to cut back on carbohydrate, and fat doesn't matter. A third says the important thing is the glycemic index. Your head is... Read more Chevron

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Beth McNamara

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Son living with Type 1 diabetes

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posted 11/05/2009, comments (5)

Butting Heads With Your Type 1 Teenager

With my son just one month short of turning fourteen, I feel like I now have entered a phase of on-going battles. Our relationship is solid enough, yet it is not filled with tranquility but instead is prone to raging storms followed by short interludes of calm. My husband and I sense that we are just beginning to make our way down the long road of... Read more Chevron

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