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Insulin has two critical roles in the body that we cannot live without, yet it can be the root of many health problems, including diabetes. Insulin carries sugar (glucose), fat and protein into your cells where they are used for energy and the repair of your cells. When you eat,... Read More

Humulin or Lantus, Which Insulin For Your Child?

Humulin or Lantus? When my daughter, who was 8, was first diagnosed the Children's Hospital that was treating her put her on an insulin program of short acting Humalog NPH and long acting Humalin N. You should have seen me that first day of training after a long night in... Read More

Diabetes Awareness: Ill Wait til it Hurts

By the time many type 2 diabetics (and often their doctors) realize action is necessary, the disease, with its destructive high blood sugars, has been silently damaging their body for years.Complications to the blood vessels and tissues of your eyes, feet, heart, kidneys, and other organs, are likely well underway.You... Read More

Raising Happy Diabetic Kids

This is the first in a series of articles I am about to embark upon concerning this subject. As my family gets older and matures with this disease I think back to the early days and wonder why aren't we all on medication for depression? Why don't we have standing... Read More

Improper pH Balance Increases Risk and Damage of Diabetes

THE RISKBlood sugar balance is critical to your body's proper functioning. Blood sugar (glucose) is the primary source of fuel for the body's cells and is particularly critical to the brain and the eyes. When glucose isn't regulated properly through the bloodstream, the body's cells don't obtain the energy they... Read More

Raising Happy Diabetic Kids Part II

This is the second article in a series I am writing about how to raise happy diabetic children. You can find the first article titled Help Your Child Develope Self-Confidence in our article archives.Sometimes the phrase "happy diabetic kids" seems to be an oxymoron. Often it seems all of the... Read More

Diabetes Awareness: The Downside... a New Wardrobe?

Here is some commonsense thinking:I can't understand why anyone who has diabetes wouldn't exercise and watch what they eat.The down side is that you may have to get an entire new wardrobe since exercise and healthy eating causes weight and size reduction.When it happens, people tell you how great you... Read More

Pre-Diabetes - The Calm Before the Storm

Remember when the medical world identified pre-hypertension to better monitor your blood pressure? The new buzz: Pre-Diabetes concerns a similar condition pinpointing people who are at severe risk for getting diabetes. Because diabetes silently invades your body, early detection and corrective action are critically important.The goal with identifying pre-diabetes is... Read More

Pre-Diabetes Awareness: Gamblers Understand the Odds

Do you gamble? Play Texas Hold'em poker, casino games, or lotteries? Then understanding your odds of winning is part of the challenge.Are you planning on living a long and healthy life? A life free of aches and pains? A life full of excitement and adventure? Great, then understanding the odds... Read More

Pre-Diabetes: Check Engine Warning Light

Your car has an early detection system and so does your body. Take 3 minutes to read this article and learn how you can save yourself a life time of aches, pains, and costly medical bills.Have you ever had the "Check Engine" warning light come on in your car? Most... Read More

In The News:

Joslin Diabetes Center and American Well Aim to Extend World-Class Diabetes ...
Sacramento Bee
22, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Accelerating efforts to improve and expand access to high quality care, Joslin Diabetes Center and American Well™ today announced their intent to collaborate in order to bring telehealth services to patients nationwide, ...
Joslin Diabetes Center is teaming up with American Well to offer 'telehealth ...Boston.com
Calls for improved diabetes checksThis is Gloucestershire

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Understanding Diabetes Animated Series Released
Sacramento Bee
22, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Health Nuts Media announces the completion of Understanding Diabetes, a seven-part animated video series designed to educate children and their parents about diabetes diagnosis and management. This series adds to the growing ...

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Mortality Risk Quantified for Diabetes Plus Kidney Disease
MedPage Today
This meta-analysis found that the presence of chronic kidney disease strongly predicted mortality risk in patients with type 2 diabetes. Note that, on average, patients in the trials with the highest mortality rates -- versus those in trials with the ...

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Los Angeles Times
California health plans improve in diabetes, heart care: Report
Los Angeles Business
California health plans have improved on several quality measures, including diabetes care and heart care, according to a new report card released Wednesday by the Office of the Patient Advocate. But health maintenance organization plans and preferred ...
California Health Plans Improve on Quality Measures for Diabetes Care, Exceed ...MarketWatch (press release)
State: California health plans improve diabetes care, exceed national averageCentral Valley Business Times
California rates health plans on quality measuresSan Jose Mercury News
Ventura County Star
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Diabetes education program receives ADA recognition
The Daily News Online
BATAVIA — The United Memorial Medical Center diabetes self-management education program offered through Healthy Living has been awarded continued Recognition from the American Diabetes Association. The program was also recognized in March 2009.
Investigators at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Describe Research ...Insurance News Net (press release)

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Daily Mail
Ann's just the type for diabetes help
Warrnambool Standard
BY JARROD WOOLLEY A LIFETIME of helping people live with type 1 diabetes has earned a Warrnambool woman a national honour. St John of God Hospital's Ann Morris has been named the Australian diabetes educator of the year one of three people picked from ...
ProactiveLife Launches Diabetes Support Supplements Part of a New Way Forward ...Albany Times Union
Sitting for seven hours a day 'raises diabetes risk in women'Daily Mail
Type 1 Diabetes May Develop More Slowly Than ThoughtiVillage Entertainment
Business Wire (press release)
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WSBT-TV
Girl, 7, Saves Diabetic Father with 911 Call
WSBT-TV
Natalie's father has diabetes, and her parents had instructed her about what she should do if he ever had a diabetic reaction while driving. She managed to get her father's cell phone out of his pocket while he drove. Once she had it, she used it to ...

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Pre-diabetes on the Rise - Bel Marra Nutritionals Lends Support to Study of ...
Houston Chronicle
It is estimated 79 million American people will be considered pre-diabetic this year. As a result Bel Marra Nutritionals, well know for offering high-quality vitamins and nutritional supplements, is lending its support to research of white kidney bean ...

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Allscripts and MyCareTeam Launch Integrated Diabetes Management Solution
Bradenton Herald
21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- From the floor of the HIMSS12 Annual Conference and Exhibition, Allscripts and MyCareTeam (MCT) launched their integrated diabetes management system to healthcare providers. Integrating the MyCareTeam application with ...
Personalized Medicine Reaches EndocrinologistsInformationWeek

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Highest Diabetes Death Rates Seen in Trials Selecting for CKD
Doctors Lounge
In type 2 diabetes patients selected for randomized controlled trials, chronic kidney disease is associated with the highest overall risk of mortality, according to a review published online Feb. 21 in the Journal of the American Heart Association: ...

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