A study just published in the journal Diabetes Care confirms what I have suspected for a long time. The one test that gives the best indication of whether a person is in the process of developing diabetes is not the fasting glucose test used by 99% of family doctors
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One Hour Blood Sugar Test is Best Predictor of Future Diabetes Risk
As you all hopefully know, the 2010 DiabetesMine Design Challenge is ON. We opened for entries last Monday. I’m excited about community voting this year (y’all get to choose the competition finalists)
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Design Challenge: A Word with Our CDE Judge, Gary Scheiner
Following my series of interviews with Kris Freeman, I got a note from competitive cyclist Phil Southerland, founder of Team Type 1.
Disclosure: I do not know for sure whether this company intends to enter this year’s DiabetesMine Design Challenge competition (although I hope so!); I’ve simply been corresponding with the co-founder for several weeks and find the product interesting
Admittedly, I’m a bit tardy here in publishing the final installment of my Winter Olympics conversations with cross-country skier Kris Freeman.
Admittedly, I’m a bit tardy here in publishing the final installment of my Winter Olympics conversations with cross-country skier Kris Freeman.
You may see studies that purport to prove that eating a low carb diet raises cholesterol. There was one reported in the latest edition of Diabetes in Control which you can see HERE . You may even see your cholesterol go up when you start to eat a low carb diet.
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Does the Low Carb Diet Raise Cholesterol?
This Tuesday, March 2, was Dr. Seuss’ birthday. I can’t believe I nearly missed it this year
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Flashback Friday: Excerpts from the Dr. Seuss “Fun with Diabetes” Book
Dan Hurley, award-winning journalist and author of the new book Diabetes Rising is turning out to have some controversial views.
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Rethinking a ‘Cure’ for Diabetes?
AMP-kinase (AMP-k) is an enzyme which is involved in many of the processes that break down in people with Type 2 diabetes. Wikipedia has this to say about it: Activated by muscle contractions…
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AMP-Kinase, Metformin and Resveratrol