Diabetes Battle

Isn’t it ironic that the multi-million-dollar companies that are most ‘part of the problem’ like to pretend that they’re ‘part of the solution’? That’s all I could think of when learning about Pepsi’s big social-media-based “goodwill campaign” surrounding the SuperBowl this weekend. The company hopes to wow the country by relinquishing those coveted SuperBowl TV ad

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The REAL Pepsi Challenge: Diabetes

Sometimes it’s the incessant sense of failure with diabetes that gets me down.

The latest outrage perpetrated on the diabetes community is a study published recently in the Lancet which is being widely reported in the media as proving that the 6.5% A1c is dangerous and that the “safest” A1c for people with diabetes is one of 7.5%. The 7.5% A1c corresponds to an average blood sugar of 169 mg/dl (9.4 mmol/L). To get an average that high a person would typically be seeing blood sugars rising into the middle 200s after every meal, a level that the ADA has confirmed is associated with the development of retinopathy and eventually, blindness

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The Lancet Study: Old Patients Victimized By Poor Treatment Die of Hypos from 70/30 Insulin Regimens

Our new Small But Mighty series is taking a look at some of the homegrown companies from folks who know diabetes the best! This week, we’re chatting with Matt Tendler, co-founder of MYLEstone Health, the company that brings us Glucose Buddy, the leading iPhone application for blood sugar logging.

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Small But Mighty: Creating the iPhone ‘Glucose Buddy’

Today, another example of the more things change, the more they stay the same: In his new book Diabetes Rising, journalist Dan Hurley reports about skyrocketing numbers of children being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in a wealthy Boston suburb.

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Wayback Wednesday: Confounded (Diabetes) Statistics

I know, I know, this is a diabetes blog. But those of you who follow me regularly are probably aware that a new chronic illness has entered our lives — Lyme disease. My husband was diagnosed shortly after we returned from Germany last summer, and it’s turning out to be a much more formidable opponent

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Five Things I Learned About Lyme Disease

It’s February. The month of sweet tarts and sweet hearts (and far too much candy being tossed around, if you ask me). Fittingly, it also happens to American Heart Month, a time to call attention to cardiovascular diseases (CVD), including stroke, which are our nation’s No.

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It’s Heart Month

Earlier this week, I got word that a woman who called herself “Goddess” online has passed away.

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Memory/Loss

We have a special treat for today’s edition of The Diabetic Partner Follies, the series featuring partners and loved ones of diabetics.

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The Diabetic Partner Follies, Act 23: Life in the ‘Supporting Role’

My 12-year-old daughter’s become obsessed with a website called FMyLife, if you’ll excuse the expression.