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Categories: Type 2 In the News
Tags: caffiene CGM coffee
Views: 1957
Coffea Arabica, cup o'joe, java, brew, jamocha, mud, caffiene, cafe au lait, espresso, cappachino, latte, breve - you name it - I LOVE it. They CANNOT have my coffee!
It used to be that coffee lowered your risk of type 2 diabetes. Go ahead and get hooked on it, but once you get that diagnosis, now you gotta go cold turkey.
I'm sure you've seen the news to which I'm referring. It's also here. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 2 Oral Meds Highs & Lows Relationships In the News Real Life
Tags: Avandia caretaker patient advocate
Views: 1883
As a person with diabetes, I find myself constantly informing others.
As a person with diabetes, who also has a 90-year-old grandmother with type 2 diabetes, I find that I am a springboard for "real world" information for my mom and aunts who have to sift through what Bami's doctors tell them, what they hear on the news and what they read. It wasn't long after the oral diabetes drug Avandia made headlines in regard to worsening heart conditions that I got calls and emails from Mom and my two aunts. Bami has a history of heart trouble (runs in the family) and had a severe heart attack roughly 20 years ago. They wanted to know if she should stay on the drug. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 2 Oral Meds Emotions In the News
Tags: blood sugar testing medical news
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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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Categories: Type 1 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Children In the News Real Life
Tags: clinical trials cure type 1
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When I heard about the clinical trials that are beginning for a possible cure for type 1 diabetes, I was really excited! I can't imagine not having this disease to lug around anymore but I am willing to give it a shot that is for sure! I would imagine most people with diabetes would.
No more finger sticks and insulin shots. All the calculating of carbohydrates and insulin on board would be gone. No glucose tabs to carry or a medical ID necklace to wear. I can't imagine it but I welcome it. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Food Highs & Lows Complications In the News Real Life
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Views: 1475
I'm finally getting around to catching up on my reading. In October, Diabetes Care reported that for some people with diabetes, the care is worse than the illness itself. You can read about it here.
Apparently, almost 20 percent of those surveyed said they'd rather die 8 to 10 years early and avoid treatments.
Not me. I'd rather have pinpricks in my fingers and needles in my belly, and keep my eyes, legs and kidneys in working order. Sure, it would be better to not have diabetes, but these are the cards I've been dealt and I'm just gonna have to deal with it. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Women's Issues
Tags: HbA1c pregnancy
Views: 1400
I had to laugh at the lead paragraph on this story.
"In the first study to use continuous monitoring throughout pregnancy , researchers found that levels of glycemic control differ significantly between women with type 1 diabetes and those with type 2."I would think that blood sugar levels between type 1 and type 2 patients always differ significantly. The nature of the different diseases make it sort of obvious. I don't know why pregnancy should be any different.
Let me throw in a disclaimer here - I am not a medical professional, I'm not even in a field related to medicine. This is my own interpretation of the article. Discuss anything you find interesting with your own doctors. You can read the abstract here as well. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Children In the News
Tags: medical study omega-3s research
Views: 1346
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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Did any of you hear about this?
"The approach used by EpiVax is called Antigen-Specific Adaptive Tolerance Induction (ASATI) to specifically target and reduce undesirable immune responses. EpiVax used its proprietary computer algorithms to identify the molecules that induce ASATI. Because ASATI uses the body's own natural responses, this intervention has the potential to be far safer than immunosuppressive drugs that are now being studied. The promising treatment, called Epi-13, may have application to a broad range of auto-immune disorders.
EpiVax is pioneering the use of immunoinformatics for making safer, more effective human therapeutics. This approach also offers hope for individualizing therapies, also known as immuno-pharmacogenomics.
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Categories: Type 2 Highs & Lows Complications Real Life
Tags: c-peptide complications Diabetes discussions HbA1c insulin insulin resistance medical treatment Oral Meds
Views: 1071
From time to time, a heated discussion will erupt around the terms and phrases "prediabetes", "borderline diabetes", and "beating diabetes". The basic gist of the debate goes like this:
Someone will post that he was told he has "borderline diabetes" or "prediabetes", or that he had type 2 diabetes, but since he changed his diet, got off his diabetes medications, and has normal lab results, he has reversed or cured his diabetes.
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Categories: Type 1 Children In the News Real Life
Tags: diabetes news Phasellus
Views: 1036
Acupuncture
I went to a health and benefits fair at work recently and talked to an acupuncturist. Our conversation went a little like this:
Him: I do have some patients with diabetes and I can tell you, we’ve seen some improvement from a combination of herbal therapy and acupuncture.
Me: Type 1?
Him: Yes, type 1.
Me: Type 1?
Him: Type 1.
Me: TYPE 1?
Him: YES, TYPE 1!
To his credit, he did have a clear knowledge of the different types of diabetes and he spoke of beta cells, theorizing that maybe they weren’t dead but rather asleep.
Imagine proposing acupuncture to Charlie.
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