The daily grind of diabetes can start to make all the blood glucose numbers blur together when you try to reflect back on how your control has been lately. 140 mg/dl, 205 mg/dl, 78 mg/dl… so, the average may be decent, but how has my control really been? This has been running through my mind lately and making me think that logging my blood sugars and insulin boluses would be a good practice to resume.
During both pregnancies, I logged incessantly for the Certified Diabetes...
Last month, I wrote about a couple of tools currently available to help you track your blood glucose data online. In this article, I... Read more »
This is Day 2 of a 5 day intensive mastering your diabetes program that I participated in at the Diabetes Research Institute. Please read... Read more »
Bright and early Monday morning, I met my new endocrinologist. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that his office was in the same... Read more »
The first blood glucose meter made in China for the U.S. debuted at last month’s American Diabetes Association’s 66th Scientific... Read more »
My recent review of the Duo-Care for testing both blood pressure and blood glucose got me thinking. I wasn’t thrilled with that... Read more »
Finding out your child has type 1 diabetes can be terrifying, and figuring out how to work diabetes care management into your life can be downright... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Healthy adults age 45 and older should get tested for diabetes every 3 years. Patients who have certain risk factors should ask their doctors about... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
of ComplicationsHigh Blood Pressure and Heart DiseaseAll patients with diabetes and high blood pressure should adopt lifestyle changes. These include... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
There are three tests that can diagnose diabetes:Fasting plasma glucose (FPG)Oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT)Hemglobin A1C (A1C)Fasting Plasma... Read more »
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