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Theresa Garnero's Columns
Diabetes Stigmas and Struggles Part 2
Understanding the lack of prediabetes information
The PCOS / Diabetes Connection
Insulin resistance common thread of disorders
Diabetes Stigma and Struggles Part 1
Controlling type 2 diabetes can be a frustrating affair.
Adjusting Your Insulin Dose
How to Use Your Insulin in a Variety of Life Situations
Figuring Out Your Insulin Dosage
Two methods to help determine insulin-to-carb ratios.
Handling Accidental or Missed Insulin Doses
Timing is everything.
Treating Diabetes
Insulin can be a good option for type 2s too
A Commentary on the 2008 ADA/EASD Guidelines for Tight Glycemic Control
Are the risks worth the rewards?
Pumping Like a Pancreas
Using the advanced bolusing features.
Making the Call for Help: Warning Signs of Diabetes Disaster
Getting help before disaster strikes.
Taking It To Heart
Tests to keep your ticker ticking.
A Tale of Two Glucose Monitors: Which One is Telling the Truth
Accuracy similar across products.
DeFronzo Dethrones ADA Protocol for Type 2 Diabetes
Current treatment guidelines challenged.
Making Sense of Glucose During Puberty
Why the erratic readings?
Glycemic Index Applied to a Vegetarian Diet
Carb choices the better subject of dietary focus.
My Doctor Isn’t Giving Me Answers; Can You?
CDEs can be a vital part of your health team.
Thanks in ADVANCE: The Study That Refutes ACCORD Trial Results
Stay the course despite scientific waverings.
Hope for Neuropathy
Nerve decompression surgery offers treatment for symptomatic neuropathy.
Readers Respond in Mass to Avandia Article
The dLife community asks many questions after last column about Avandia.
The Politics Behind the Fall of Avandia
How one doctor and statistician took down the number one diabetes drug.
Glucophage Quirkiness
Interesting experiences shared by dLife readers.
Getting on Track
Dealing with pancreatitis and meds that don’t do what they should.
To TZD or Not To TZD?
The ongoing Avandia and Actos safety debate
Medication Mysteries Part 2
More questions from dLife readers.
Medication Mysteries Part 1
A mix of questions from dLife readers.
Passing On an Inheritance
Tips on derailing the diabetes train.
Prescription Interference
Answers on how medication affects diabetes.
Haven’t Got Time For the Pain … of Neuropathy
dLife readers ask how to escape the painful grip of neuropathy.
Adventures with the Snowmobile
Keeping your diabetes supplies safe while traveling in the cold weather.
Glucose Problem Solving
Finding out the effects of prednisone and blood donation
Frustrated Readers Unite, Part II
From stubborn acanthosis nigricans to issues at work and in the bedroom.
Frustrated Readers Unite, Part I
From unruly glucose levels to catching every virus that comes to town.
Making the Call for Help: Warning Signs of Diabetes Disaster
Seven reasons why you should call your doctor.
Sweating it Out
Readers Ask about Excessive Perspiration, Weight Gain and Thyroid Nodules.
Heads or Tails?
Deciphering case studies of unexplained glucose levels.
Bubble Trouble
The significance of soda on the kidneys and beyond.
Up, Up, and Away
Case Studies of Increasing Weight and Glucose Values
Queries of Lows and Sleep Woes
Theresa answers readers' questions.
Alcohol Awareness
A spirited review of alcohol-related research.
Being Kind to Your Kidneys
Tips on preventing problems.
After Meal Highs
Solving the spiking glucose puzzle.
Somogyi Effect VS. Dawn Phenomenon
Some factors that can elevate fasting blood glucose values.
On Numbers and Neuropathy
Theresa answers more questions from the dLife community.
The Medicine Mix
Your doctor is best guide when bewildered about diabetes medication.
From Money to Motivation, Diabetes Can Be a Drain
Theresa answers your specific questions about managing your diabetes in Part 2 of this 2-part column.
Glucose Highs and Lows Unsettling for Many
Theresa answers your specific questions about managing your diabetes in Part 1 of this 2-part column.
When Hospitalized, Insulin is Not Your Enemy
Hyperglycemia the real foe for patients managing diabetes.
The Seven Wonders of Diabetes Management
The American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) releases 7 Self-care Behaviors.
Is It Epilepsy or Sugar Low Seizures?
Theresa distinguishes between epilepsy and diabetes-related hypoglycemia.
When Will They Find a Cure for Diabetes?
Theresa answers question about diabetes research efforts.
Diabetes Genetics and Warning Signs
In this debut edition of "Ask an Educator," find out the symptoms of type 1 and type 2 diabetes and the role hereditary plays in the development of the disease.