Welcome back to Ask D’Mine, our new diabetes advice column, where just about anything can happen. You never know what your host —veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois — might be taking on this week. Read ahead to find out.
And don’t forget to send us YOUR queries related to life with diabetes.
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Joe from Oregon, type 3, asks: Who should…
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Got questions about life with diabetes? You know where to turn (hopefully). That would be our new diabetes advice column, Ask D’Mine, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois.
{Need help navigating life with diabetes? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
This week, a bit about drug-food interactions, and the crazy things that insulin does in your body sometimes:
Ned from Utah, type 2, writes: Recently a friend showed…
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AmyT on
October 13, 2009
I’m off to Dallas today to take part in a special patient advisory council* for the American Heart Association, which is desperately trying to reach out to people with diabetes about heart health.
They’ve created a program called Heart of Diabetes (sponsored by Takeda Pharmaceuticals) and are busy gathering patient stories in video format. Now they’re trying to figure out how to further get the word out, to people with Type 2 diabetes in particular,…
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AmyT on
March 11, 2009
Funny how issues can swirl right past you, until they become personal. Then suddenly you awake to find yourself at the center of the storm! What I’m getting at here is that a few weeks ago, my endo decided I should start taking a statin drug. And all of a sudden, all the hullaballoo over these widely-touted cholesterol-lowering pills hit home.
Research suggests that statins are very effective in reducing heart risk, especially for people…
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