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David Spero

News Roundup

I’ve been dealing with a bad cold of late, but I’m still keeping an eye on the latest diabetes news. Here are some headlines that have caught my attention recently…

Amy Campbell

CoQ10: A Supplement Whose Time May Have Come

CoQ10, which stands for coenzyme Q10 (also called ubiquinone) might be something that you’ve never heard of. Then again, if you take a statin medicine for your cholesterol, you might just be taking this as a supplement. This week, we’ll take a closer look at this supplement that sometimes is hidden in the shadows but that has the potential for greatness.

David Spero

Discrimination and Diabetes

The prevalence of diabetes is at least twice as high in some ethnic groups as it is in whites. This is true even among people with similar body mass index (BMI) numbers, a large new study finds. According to a press release about the study (which was published in the journal Ethnicity and Disease), Gertraud Maskarinec, MD, PhD, and associates report that, “the effects of body weight and diet appear to differ depending on an individual’s ethnic background. Moreover, differences in prevalence among different ethnic groups persisted in normal-weight and underweight participants" [emphasis mine]. In other words, there’s a lot more to Type 2 diabetes than weight.

Eric Lagergren

Switching Pharmacies Is Hard on the Heart

I’ve written before about some of the time-consuming chores that accompany managing my Type 1 diabetes. It’s never-ending, and so when I have a month or two where things go smoothly, months devoid of the runaround, be it the doctor’s office or the blood lab or phone calls with insurance providers and health-care management people or multiple monthly trips to the pharmacy, I don’t take it for granted. I bask in the lack of to-do.

David Spero

Stress, Inflammation, Diabetes

I like it when studies confirm what I’ve been saying for years, especially when most people didn’t believe me. For years, I’ve been reporting that stress is a major cause of overweight and Type 2 diabetes. And people have scoffed.

David Spero

Too Many Drugs

Older adults in the U.S. use a lot of prescription drugs. We knew that, but the actual numbers are frightening. A study published recently in The Journal of the American Medical Association by Stacy Tessler Lindau, MD, of the University of Chicago Medical Center and others reports that more than half of U.S. adults aged 57 to 85 are using five or more prescription or non-prescription drugs.

David Spero

Furry Medicine

Amy Campbell

How Many Diabetes Educators Can You Fit Into One Convention Center?

Amy Campbell

Vitamin D: Is It a Miracle? (Part 2)

Amy Campbell

Vitamin D: Is It a Miracle? (Part 1)

Amy Campbell

Stevia: A Sweetener Shrouded in Mystery and Debate

David Spero

Power Naps, Health Naps

David Spero

What’s Your Motivation?

David Spero

Do You CAM?

David Spero

Grab Some Z’s

Tara Dairman

Cinnamon—Not So Useful?

Amy Campbell

Super Fruits: Can One A Day Keep the Doctor Away? (Part 2)

David Spero

Say the Magic Word

Amy Campbell

Super Fruits: Can One a Day Keep the Doctor Away?

David Spero

I Need Some Rest

Amy Campbell

Pycnogenol: Antioxidant Superstar? (Part 2)

Eric Lagergren

On Keeping a Diabetes Journal

David Spero

Laugh With Me

Amy Campbell

Pycnogenol: Antioxidant Superstar? (Part 1)

Tara Dairman

Article of the Week: Spiritual Self-Care and the Use of Prayer

Tara Dairman

FDA Issues New Supplement Rules

Tara Dairman

Article of the Week: Meditation and the Art of Diabetes Self-Management

Tara Dairman

Chromium Supplements Show Little Benefit in New Study

Joe Nelson

Heal Thy Self

Amy Campbell

Fabulous Fish Oil Findings: Part 3

Amy Campbell

Fabulous Fish Oil Findings: Part 2

Amy Campbell

Fabulous Fish Oil Findings: Part 1

Amy Campbell

Zinc and Diabetes

Amy Campbell

Lowering Cholesterol: What Works and What Doesn’t (Part 2)

Jan Chait

Just Itching to Share the News

Amy Campbell

Lowering Cholesterol: What Works and What Doesn’t (Part 1)

Joe Nelson

Guided Imagery—A Complement to Conventional Therapy

Tara Dairman

Antioxidant ALA Eases Pain From Diabetic Neuropathy

Amy Campbell

Chromium Confusion

Joe Nelson

Meditation 101

Amy Campbell

Can Cinnamon Help You Control Your Diabetes?

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