A recent study has found that the newer hemoglobin A1C blood test is better than a fasting blood glucose test at predicting a person’s future risk of heart disease and stroke.  Read More →

Following my series of interviews with Kris Freeman, I got a note from competitive cyclist Phil Southerland, founder of Team Type 1.  He wanted to let me know how well his group of athletes with type 1 diabetes have been performing so far this year. Phil was concerned that the mainstream media coverage of Freeman’s challenges  Read More →

We have known for several years that Hepatitis C, a common cause of liver cirrhosis and cancer, also makes people three to four times more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes. In studying the insulin resistance of 29 people with Hepatitis C, Australian researchers have confirmed that they have high insulin resistance, a precursor to diabetes…  Read More →

I’ve said it before and I know others have too: it’s awfully strange, considering my profession, that I don’t read books. I’ve never been a book reader. Ever. I struggled through classes in high school and college that required reading novels.  Read More →

One of my biggest issues in my diabetes management is “knowledge.” I don’t mean that I don’t know what I’m doing or enough about the disease. Trust me, I’ve had that covered for awhile now. I’m talking about the simple facts of knowing how I am in this disease.  Read More →

Scientists in Australia found that when they studied insulin resistance in people with Hepatitis C little or none of it was in the liver and nearly all the insulin resistance occured in muscle, which surprised them because Hepatitis C is a liver disease that not only leads to cirrhosis and cancer, but also makes people three to four times more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes…  Read More →

This past week, the Wall Street Journal reported that the FDA is investigating the stability of pumps for diabetes management. The concern arises from the possibility of misuse by the patient and less likely a pump defect. Within a five year period, there have been 18 recalls and 17,000 reports of health problems. The FDA is not focused on one company in particular, but pump  Read More →

One drink a day may help women avoid weight gain, a new study has found.  Read More →

I don’t like to post “downers” on Blogabetes unless I can turn them into cautionary morals, or calls to action (either on our own behalf, or on the behalf of all people with diabetes) — most of us have too much negativity in our lives already. That said, life has been throwing me the sorts of curve balls that force me to think more of survival, mortality, and quality of life than I am comfortable dealing with.  Read More →

Disclosure: I do not know for sure whether this company intends to enter this year’s DiabetesMine Design Challenge competition (although I hope so!); I’ve simply been corresponding with the co-founder for several weeks and find the product interesting — and hopefully inspirational for all fans of diabetes innovation. A small company in Finland called Mendor  Read More →

The collection of symptoms that is the metabolic syndrome – insulin resistance, high cholesterol, fatty liver, and a greater risk for diabetes, heart disease, and stroke – are all related to obesity, but, according to a review in the March 9th issue of the Cell Press publication Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, not in the way you probably think they are…  Read More →

I updated my logbook and did the usual averages last night. I jumped from the 160/170 range to the 170/180 range over the last week. That’s with a one unit increase in Lantus too.  Read More →

Vitamin D appears to ‘arm and trigger’ a healthy immune system, a new Danish study suggests.  Read More →

Most people are aware that their blood pressure and cholesterol levels can give important information about their heart, but experts say there are other numbers that can be just as revealing about a person’s cardiovascular health.  Read More →

Admittedly, I’m a bit tardy here in publishing the final installment of my Winter Olympics conversations with cross-country skier Kris Freeman.  He has type 1 diabetes and was America’s best hope for a medal in his sport in Vancouver this year — but alas, things did not go well for Kris this time around.  He  Read More →