The DPP-4 Inhibitors

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DPP-4 inhibitors These are medications also used to make your pancreas produce more insulin for a short period following meals. These medic...

November Calendar of Monthly Events

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There are two national events in the month of November we should be promoting. The first is one that almost every one in the diabetes on li...

Oral Diabetes Medications – Mixed Medications

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Part 3 of 3 parts I have not covered the mixed medications before, but I need to. There is no class for these medications, but there are br...

New Post on Eat Move Sleep Blog

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Yesterday, the Dan's Plan blog Eat Move Sleep published a blog post I wrote about sleep, artificial light, your brain, and a free compu...

Oral Diabetes Medications – Part 2

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Part 2 of 3 parts D-Phenylalanine Derivative There is only one drug in this class, Starlix or nateglinede. This medication helps your body ...

Oral Diabetes Medications – Part 1

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Part 1 of 3 parts Either I have the incorrect sources, or I have missed something, but I have only found two acronyms for oral medications. ...

Healthy Plate By Joslin, Maybe Not So Healthy

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If you are a follower of the ADA food plan, you will enjoy the Joslin healthy plate. If you need to gain some weight, you will love the Jos...

Are Elderly Patients Obtaining Quality in Outpatient Care?

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There is only one answer and no is it. Education in medicine is a key most doctors are prone to ignore. They do have a reason, although not ...

More Diabetes Terms People Should Know

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This is a continuation of the last post about terms that people with diabetes should know. Some admittedly are more important and some are ...

Terms for People with Diabetes to Know

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It is not often that I do this, but I feel this is important enough to call attention to and encourage people to read this blog by David Men...

Konjac and Shiritaki Noodles

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I have heard and read this question many times: "what food can I eat to lower my blood glucose levels?" My standard answer has al...

World Diabetes Day, and Four Years of Living with Diabetes

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Hello sweet peeps! It's about that time of the year again! Diabetes awareness month is fast approaching... and with it will come another...

'Obamacare' and Mental Health Promoted

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We have all heard about the can of worms. Fishermen love them and most people shrink from them. This article in WebMD is another can of wo...

Metformin Without Vitamin B12 May Impair Cognition

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I am a little surprised at this study, as I have been aware of this for some time and knew that metformin caused Vitamin B12 deficiency. I ...

Acronyms Used By People with Diabetes

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The following is some of the common and not so common acronyms that are associated with and used by people with diabetes and writers of diab...

Another Email From the Doctor

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This time the doctor that Jason knew was a lot more direct. He asked why I used made-up names for the members. In my answer, I stated that...

Diabetes Tests, What Is Wrong?

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The American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) is going after doctors and endocrinologists while not pointing the fingers totally at the...

Reference to My Blog of May 8, 2013

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It has been longer than I thought, but finally the person I blogged about in this blog has received her notification letter and had her appo...

Meeting with George

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George asked Ben to bring him to see me on Sunday. He had many questions on several blogs and said he had followed the links, but still did...

Communications With a Doctor

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The Monday following our meeting with the doctor that Jason knew the family, I received a long email full of questions. I knew from some of...

Doctors/Patients Delay Diabetes Treatment Intensification

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Apparently, UK doctors are similar to US doctors in taking care of diabetes type 2 patients. The same applies to patients in both countries...

Sub-Classes for Type 1 and Type 2

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This study heightens the need for sub-classes not only for type 2, but also for type 1. When I first blogged about sub-classes for type 2 d...

Nutritionally Unsound Fad Diet Endorsed By AND

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I admit the last three weeks have not been good for my blood pressure. Again, my anger is fired by another group telling people with diabet...

Casual Meeting with a Doctor

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At 7:00 PM, seven of us gathered at the library with the doctor Jason and I had met that afternoon. Jason said that there were others that ...

Sleep and Genetic Obesity Risk

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Evidence is steadily accumulating that insufficient sleep increases the risk of obesity and undermines fat loss efforts.  Short sleep durati...

Persons Not Understanding Diabetes - The Cure Police

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Those of us with diabetes receive many false accusations by people that are uninformed and do not know what causes diabetes. Oh, yes, they ...

George Will Be Back On Friday

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Barry let us know that George has his appointment on Wednesday and will get ready on Thursday and travel Friday. He stated they will try to...

Support Groups Have Second Joint Meeting

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On September 28, we had our second group meeting with all four groups in attendance. Tim announced we had a request for attendance from a f...

Glucose Test Strip Accuracy Not Resolved

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Will the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) actually do anything to insure quality in our test strips once they have approved them? Some peo...

Improving Type 2 in the Hospital

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The more I read about diabetes management in hospitals the less I like the idea of having to utilize them. Some hospitals are better than o...

Should We Receive Lab Results From the Lab?

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Obtaining our lab results directly from the lab and before an explanation from the doctor for translation has both pros and cons. I certainl...

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