According to this Associated Press article, we (diabetics) cost a huge chunk of the $700 billion financial bailout per year.  I think it equals the A1G portion alone!  That's ...

I just got home after having a very VERY interesting afternoon.  I was at a diabetic meeting last Wednesday – and just before the meeting started - a few announcements were read.  One announcement was ...

        Having diabetes isn't easy, but when you have a dog for a pet. Your sugar blood levels will be down. You will be healthier mentally. You will be less lonely and ...

Have not been here for a while - family and work completely took all my time. I was working on the project for Eastern European countries where the level of diabetes and esp. Type1 is increasing sooo ...

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So I got this really interesting link about a project in Chicago that is in Phase I trials, I think, transplanting islet cells into humans, and it's working. I'm in phone discussions now to see if I can ...

Has anyone been having a hard time with the heat? For once I say thank god for work - it's the only place I'm cool. I've even looked into an air conditioner but I can't bring myself to do that. Does anyone ...

Studies have show that the number of children with obesity have increased in the past few ye. Obesity is often the primary cause for Type2 diabetes in children. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080708193249.htm Dr. ...

High triglycerides have always seemed to be a problem with my patients. But for various reasons they have found it hard to tolerate prescription therapies. Recent studies indicate that fish oil supplements ...

Anyone try Dreamfields "low-carb" pasta?  What a breakthrough in terms of taste, avoidance of carbo-overload.   The pasta is covered in a fiber, that "shields" most of the carbs from being ...

Sometimes you never know what little thing will start a new friendship. My 9 year old son Joe attend a birthday party on Saturday with a gang of ten other kids. While they sat around ready to pound down ...

Trying to keep focased is getting harder all the time after 10 years you just hope it will all go away anyone have the same feelings...

Our latest diabetes adventure is the immersion into the world of pumps. My teenage daughter has type 1 and we're trying to decide if a pump is right for her. She is very active and into a lot of activities ...

I want to connect with other people and share real-life frustrations. I'm frustrated by all the educationally-oriented crap that's out there on diabetes and having a hard time finding people to connect ...

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