As of 2011, my insurance covers only 4 test strips a day. For a Type 1 diabetic such as myself, this is a ridiculously low number. Like many insulin-dependent diabetics, frequent blood glucose monitoring is essential to my well-being and empowers me to make informed choices that greatly impact not only my day, but my life. I test when
Like so many of you, my bloodsugar level is always on my mind, whether in the fore or background. I never escape it. I wake up, I test post-prandial numbers at...
The dudes we can thank for our handy bottles of insulin are Fredrick G. Banting, Charles H. Best, J.J.R. Macleod and James B. Collip. They... Read more »
The journal Diabetes Care this month has a fascinating study about basal-bolus insulin therapy for T2DM, titled Adjust to Target in Type 2... Read more »
Reprinted with permission of Amy Tenderich of DiabetesMine.com A Canadian company called EnGene Inc. claims to have developed an... Read more »
This is Day 4 of a 5 day intensive mastering your diabetes program that I participated in at the Diabetes Research Institute. Please read... Read more »
After reviewing the healthcentral web site and diabetes related links, I noticed that questions about the different types of insulin and... Read more »
A new study found that 20 out of 23 Type 1 diabetics who were given stem cell transplants did not need to take insulin for two to four years. The... Read more »
A study published in Diabetes Care has found that 57 percent of diabetics have intentionally skipped a dose of insulin. One in five patients even... Read more »
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Hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, is a rare ailment generally found in those who have diabetes, pancreatic tumors, adrenal or pituitary gland... Read more »
A study of prescriptions written for children and teens found Type 2 diabetes medication use tripled in girls over the last five years. Researchers... 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 »
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