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A medical study released last month suggests that dietary intake of omega-3 fatty acids may prevent the onset of Type 1 diabetes in children. You can read about it here.
Very exciting! I was about to put my kids on a salmon and tuna diet until I sat down to read the details.
The very first 2 words put me on guard - "preliminary research". Hmmm, that's not what the headlines have been saying. But, I know that headline real estate is precious. (READ MORE)

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As a member of the media, you might think that I would get riled up about news stories all the time. Strangely, though, I don't find that to be true. So I guess it's no surprise that when I do get moved by a story, I get really moved.
There's not often much information in the e-newsletter from Diabetes Health magazine that pertains to me, but I look forward to reading it nonetheless. I usually scan the headlines and teasers, and maybe read a story or two. I sometimes forward it on to my mom and two aunts who help their 90-year-old type 2 mom with her diabetes management.
Today's newsletter, though, had a story that I read several times. The headline, Psychologically Dependent Type 2s Use Too Many Test Strips?, intrigued me; the story, on the other hand, made the fire rage. (READ MORE)

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"What does pot have to do with diabetes?" The question came up in the course of a lunchtime conversation with Chris Goldstein of the Coalition for Medical Marijuana - New Jersey, as we discussed our respective advocacies. (New Jersey is currently in the middle of a medical-marijuana tug-of-war.) When the uses of medical marijuana are broached in the media, it's usually in conjunction with terminal cancer -- or intense, persistent pain. The last time I sat in on a presentation on medical marijuana, the speaker explained how it eased many of the symptoms of his late wife's multiple sclerosis. But diabetes? Tell me another one.

 

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First, let me tell you that I used my very last sensor in February, and didn't even get a full life out of it. I decided to try to different spot on my belly and it wound up being a crap spot because the readings would come in sketchy and after about twoish days I realized most of the adhesive had come off. So I begrudgingly yanked it.

 

But I was in the midst of fighting my insurance company for coverage of my sensors and I was certain that the situation would be resolved soon and that it wouldn't be long until I had replacement sensors. And then one day, like magic, I got word that the sensors were covered. It was like an enormous weight was gone.

 

I quickly took care of the other weight on my shoulders: paying my deductible from the last batch of pump supplies I received. Medtronic said I only needed to pay it in full before I ordered supplies again so I was taking my time.

 

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The theme for this week is "Manage Your Healthcare Team".  For me, and for many others with Type 2 diabetes, this is a laugh. Team? What team? I have a primary care physician who handles everything from soup to nuts, including my diabetes care. She'll refer me to specialists and labs as needed, but she doesn't have any direct correspondence with my ophthalmologist (for whose checkup I am long overdue), and I've never had a CDE or an endo.

 

 

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World Diabetes Day (WDD) was designated by the UN and is led by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF). This is the first such day observed by the UN. The federation hosts a Diabetes Atlas that is full of interesting and sometimes astounding information. I'm not going to recap it all here, but suffice it to say I am very lucky to have type 2 in the United States as opposed to most other countries in the world. A type 1 diagnosis is still a death sentence for many people in sub-Saharan Africa and other poor regions of the world. And this is 86 years after the discovery of insulin. (READ MORE)

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You may have heard in the past couple months that the FDA ruled that high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and anything that contains it could no longer be labeled "natural".  Surprise, surprise, the Corn Refiners Association has convinced them to change their minds this week.

 

It turns out that the "synthetic fixing agent for the enzyme used in the process does not come into contact with the high dextrose equivalent corn starch hydrolysate".  So all the ingredients it takes to make HFCS are natural, except the major one that doesn't end up in the product, so it's "natural".  Even though you or I could never cook it up in our kitchens.

 

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I'm in the middle of preparing a presentation for my computer user group on "Connected Medical Devices" -- that is to say, durable medical equipment that has the ability to connect to a smartphone, a computer, or the Internet for the purpose of maintaining a log of data points, keeping track of one or more patients' health, or helping one manage his own health.

 

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One of the participants at my recent talk on Connected Medical Devices was concerned that transmitting our medical data to our doctors via e-mail (an unsecure platform) or sharing it in crowdsourced applications (such as TuAnalyze) might be in violation of HIPAA regulations. The thing about HIPAA is that it restricts your healthcare providers from disclosing your health information without your consent (or a legal mandate of some sorts); it doesn't restrict you from sharing the health data you have collected yourself (or received from your healthcare providers).

 

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