By
MikeH on
January 8, 2013
In the world of diabetes devices, company execs, PR pros, sales reps and even doctors are often vague about when new products will hit the market and be available for us people with diabetes. They tout new tools “coming soon” without any specificity as to when a product might actually be available. And on message boards frequented by patients, rumors can fly.
After an exciting year of new diabetes product approvals in 2012, we wanted…
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If you’re like most people, when the holidays ended and New Year’s Day rolled around, you promptly resolved to toss out the cookies and lose weight… again. Eating healthy is a challenge for pretty much everyone.
So it’s no surprise that our first book review of 2013 is Amy Stockwell Mercer’s new book, The Smart Woman’s Guide to Eating Right with Diabetes. While her last book, The Smart Woman’s Guide to Diabetes, covered the whole…
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By
AmyT on
January 6, 2013
It seems the song “Let it snow” may be taking on a whole new meaning for people with diabetes…
Many PWDs are likely experiencing the need for some BG-friendly (or BS = blood sugar-friendly) snow shoveling lately, with the recent snow falls that have covered much of the U.S.!
Thanks for helping us see the bright side of the wintery weather outside goes to our regular contributor Jerry King, an accomplished cartoonist…
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By
WilD on
January 5, 2013
Welcome back to our weekly diabetes advice column, Ask D’Mine — the first edition of the New Year, so Happy 2013 to all!
Your host is veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator Wil Dubois. This week, he explores in detail a question about how reliable the A1C test is and how much we should really rely on it in gauging our D-health. Good question!
{Got your own questions? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
Toby, type 3…
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By
AmyT on
January 4, 2013
Happy Friday! Once again, it’s time for a “life with diabetes” video short from filmmaker Jenny MacKenzie, who created the educational D-documentary film Sugar Babies. In this week’s clip, we meet a family in which both a father and daughter are struggling with type 2 diabetes — so the whole family’s working on improving what they eat and getting more exercise.
Since making some lifestyle changes, the family is asking themselves a very basic question:…
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