Boning Up on Bone Health by Belinda O’Connell, M.S., R.D., C.D.E.

What are your plans for retirement? Are you saving for your financial future with an IRA or a work retirement account? Are you watching your fat and cholesterol intake to keep your heart healthy? Are you taking steps to prevent osteoporosis and ensure...

Diabetes Blogs by Allison Blass

Blog. It sounds like something you would say when you are feeling under the weather (“I'm feeling so blog today…”), but it is actually short for Web log, a regularly updated online journal. Blogs were originally used by people who wanted to keep in...

Also inside: Getting Started With Blogs

Getting the Sleep You Need by David Spero, R.N.

Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleeve of care, The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast. —William Shakespeare, Macbeth You don’t need to be a...

Also inside: Sleep Resources

Getting to Know Ketones by Richard M. Weil, M.Ed., C.D.E.

People with diabetes, particularly those with Type 1 diabetes, have been at least vaguely aware of the word ketones for a long time. With the recent resurgence of popular interest in low-carbohydrate diets, however, just about everyone seems to be...

Healthy Aging With Diabetes by Robert S. Dinsmoor

"I can tell you one thing—growing old ain't for wimps!"—gray-haired gentleman at Sterling Center YMCA in Beverly, Massachusetts It used to be said that having diabetes aged people an additional 20 years. Today, thanks to better tools for managing...

Living Alone and Living Well With Diabetes by Carolyn Robertson, A.P.R.N., M.S.N., B.C.-A.D.M., C.D.E.

Planning ahead makes good sense for anyone with diabetes, but for someone who lives alone, it takes on added importance. When you live alone, for example, you can’t take for granted that someone will be with you—or even come home eventually—to help if...

Also inside: Cookbooks for One or Two

Maintaining Your Health During the Holidays by Patti Geil, M.S., R.D., C.D.E., and Laura Hieronymus, M.S.Ed., A.P.R.N., B.C.-A.D.M., C.D.E.

To many people holidays are not voyages of discovery, but a ritual of reassurance. —Philip Andrew Adams What does the holiday season mean to you? Is it a special time for family gatherings, gift-shopping, and spiritual renewal, or a...

Also inside: Bah Humbug to the Flu Bug!, Give the Gift of Good Health, Lightening Up Your Holiday Favorites

Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, and Physical Activity by Richard M. Weil, M.Ed., C.D.E.

It's no coincidence that the rate of Type 2 diabetes is rising as rapidly as the rate of obesity in the United States. The two are strongly related: The heavier people are, the more likely they are to develop diabetes. So...

Questions For Your Doctor by Jan Chait

You’ve just been diagnosed with diabetes and you want to take proper care of yourself. After all, you know that if you control your blood glucose levels, you’ll feel better and lessen your chances of developing complications. But there are two...

Sleep Apnea and Type 2 Diabetes: by Ralph Pascualy, M.D.

The epidemic of diabetes in the United States is being fueled by multiple medical, social, and demographic forces. Among those forces is sleep apnea, which is now recognized as a major contributor to the development of diabetes. In sleep apnea, people...

The Benefits of Tight Control by Wayne Clark

It has been 14 years since the results of the landmark Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) were published. Despite its continuing legacy of proof that maintaining blood glucose levels as close to normal as possible reduces the risk of...

Your Diabetes Management Plan by Michael Weiss and Martha Funnell, M.S., R.N., C.D.E.

Whether you have had diabetes for years or are newly diagnosed, you know that dealing with this condition can be a challenge. For one thing, diabetes never goes away. Although there are numerous medicines and other therapies available for treating...

Also inside: Diabetes Resources

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