One of the 64-million-dollar questions in the diabetes world is why more of us don’t do a better job tracking our blood sugars.
I know that’s been a key question in my 28 years of living with type 1.
Fitting with the behavioral change theme of this year’s ADA Scientific Sessions, and how doctors can motivate us to “do better,” a breakfast session explored the issue of BG logging and why it’s such a challenge…
A slightly bigger theme than usual at the American Diabetes Association’s Scientific Sessions this year was behavioral change for people with diabetes. As in, motivating us to embrace and maintain good behaviors that positively affect and change our diabetes management.
(Pause… before I break out in laughter!)
Isn’t that the story of most of our lives with diabetes: how to get motivated and stay on top of our D-Management? And if we long-timers can’t figure…
As if entering adulthood wasn’t tough enough, teens with diabetes face an extra challenge just about the time they’re graduating from high school and reaching adulthood: they’re forced to transition from close, intimate pediatric care settings to the hard, “get ‘em in, get ‘em out” world of adult healthcare, where so much depends on jobs, health insurance and self-motivation.
Historically pretty much ignored by the medical establishment, “emerging adults” with diabetes, ranging from 18 to…
So, there was a lot of conference coverage and interesting diabetes discussion coming out of the recent ADA Scientific Sessions. We enjoyed being able to mix with the experts on D-research and treatment. But those of us living with diabetes have our own perspective, of course. Not least was observing some striking ironies that materialized in many corners of the convention center and downtown Philly. For example:
Despite her supposedly acting as the face of…
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This is a good news + good news + bad news scenario, Folks. From announcements made at the ADA Conference in Philly, we’ve learned that long-term insulin use is shown to be safe – even Lantus use does not cause cancer risk! – but on the whole, type 1 diabetics in America aren’t faring so well, health-wise.
A huge and unprecedented study by the name of ORIGIN (Outcome Reduction with Initial Glargine Intervention) is the…