Traditionally, treatment of type 2 diabetes went something like this:
You're diagnosed and told to "watch your sugar," or you're told to lose weight and come back in a month, or three months. When you do, usually little has changed, because watching your sugar or trying to lose weight when you've been trying to lose weight for decades but haven't succeeded doesn't do much for most people.
Today things have improved a bit, and you're usually prescribed a blood glucose (BG) meter and told...
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I tend to write mostly about type 2 diabetes, because that's what I know best. But lately, there have been some interesting developments... Read more »
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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 »
A new preliminary study of three patients has found that stem cells taken from the fat tissue of people with multiple sclerosis may help treat the... Read more »
The rheumatoid arthritis (RA) drug Rituxan may also help people who have recently been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, new research suggests. In a... 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 »
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