Another “myth-busters” post:
There are a lot of things about diabetes that are taken as “gospel,” both by doctors and patients. But at the JDRF Capitol Research Summit last month, I learned that many commonly accepted beliefs about diabetes haven’t actually been proven by medical science with convincing evidence (far beyond ‘you got it because you ate too much candy.’) Eminent scholar Dr. Mark Atkinson was pretty adamant that “these ideas need to be put…
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Last month, we launched a new series on diabetes complications. The idea is definitely not to use scare tactics to convince you to take better care of yourself, but rather to embrace the notion that “knowledge is power” and that if you are diagnosed with a complication, life goes on…
(Hey, we’re facing our own worst fears here, too)
It just so happens that February is National Heart Month (go figure), so this month we’re…
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AmyT on
January 6, 2011
Complications: preventing them is the motivation behind almost everything we do in managing our diabetes. Yet how much do we really know about how to live with them? After all, life doesn’t stop with a diabetes complication.
I’ve been thinking that even if you’re diligent with your diabetes management, that isn’t necessarily a guarantee (nor is it easy!). You could have amazing BG control, but still develop some damage. Totally unfair, right? This is the…
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AmyT on
December 20, 2010
Preface: When I saw my endo last week, she praised me on my latest A1c level (6.2, Baby!), but said that my standard deviation score was “unacceptable.” Yikes! What does this mean for my health going forward? …
You’ve all heard of standard deviation, correct? It’s that mathematical measurement that became popular a few years ago as a “back up” for showing how well a diabetes patient was doing with their glucose control.
Sure, you…
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AmyT on
October 28, 2010
In the summer of 2007, a seemingly new eating disorder emerged in mainstream media, one that was directly tied to diabetes. It was dubbed “diabulimia,” in which a person with diabetes restricts or completely stops taking their insulin in order to lose weight. Like most things in pop culture, diabulimia was a flash in the news pan and then quickly disappeared from public consciousness.
But this isn’t some fleeting fashion trend; just because it isn’t…
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