This is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and all across the country people are sharing various ways to “Save the ta-tas!”
Well, that mantra doesn’t just apply to cancer. There’s something else the ta-tas need saving from: diabetes.
Diabetic mastopathy is one of the more uncommon effects of diabetes, and it’s rarely included in warning lists of potential diabetes complications. But it’s real and it happens, so we’re going to talk about it and give…
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Before I begin this cookbook review, I have to clarify one thing: I don’t cook. Not that I can’t cook, I just don’t like doing it. I do, however, love to eat. Lucky for me, I married a man who enjoys whipping things up in the kitchen, so we make a great team.
My husband, Erik, was a big help in making three of the recipes in the cookbook by Michael Moore — not the…
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In theory, diagnosing diabetes should be fairly simple. Have a fasting blood sugar over 127 mg/dL? Congratulations, you’re probably in the D-Club. Have a blood sugar reading over 200 mg/dL any time? Congratulations, you’re definitely a club member.
But not so fast! Just because you’ve been inducted into the club that no one voluntarily joins, that doesn’t mean the path forward is clear. Things just aren’t the same — or as easy to recognize — as…
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When you see news about diabetes being linked to “brain shrinkage,” it can be tough to take that seriously and not smirk about the silliness of headlines.
But the links between diabetes and brain disease are more serious and substantial than many once thought, even just a few years ago when the media reported that a new type of diabetes — type 3 — had been discovered.
Now, this isn’t to be confused with the…
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I have some bittersweet news to share with you: today is my last day as Assistant Editor at DiabetesMine.
What could possess me to leave such a great position at an amazing diabetes blog? Well, I’m heading back to school to become a Certified Diabetes Educator!
(((YAY!!!!!)))
This has actually been something that’s been brewing inside me since I was in high school. I remember first mentioning the idea of being a diabetes educator to…
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