Oct 15, 2007

Nutrition and Eye Health (Part 3)

Amy Campbell

Over the past two weeks, we’ve looked at various nutrients and how they may impact the health of your eyes. We’ll wrap up this series with a look at some lesser-known nutrients (antioxidants, to be exact) and what their roles are in eye health.

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Oct 09, 2007

Nutrition and Eye Health (Part 2)

Amy Campbell

Eye problems aren’t inevitable for people with diabetes. Gaining control of your blood glucose, blood pressure, and blood lipid levels are the first steps for protecting your eyes against diabetic retinopathy. Last week, we started to look at how the food you eat can affect your eye health.

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Oct 01, 2007

Nutrition and Eye Health (Part 1)

Amy Campbell

It’s been said that the eyes are the windows to the soul. Whether you believe that or not, your ophthalmologist (eye specialist), at least, is the one person who has the best view of the insides of your eyes and who can quickly spot any problems.

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Aug 24, 2007

New Research Focuses on Blood Pressure Control (Part 1)

Tara Dairman

As an article published in The New York Times earlier this week (and blogged about on DiabetesSelfManagement.com by Jan Chait and Eric Lagergren) stated, controlling cholesterol and blood pressure levels are crucial for staving off heart disease in people with diabetes. And indeed, high blood pressure, or hypertension, is a hot topic right now, as multiple new studies have addressed the rate at which it is diagnosed, the damage it can do, and ways of lowering it.

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May 17, 2007

Dilated and Dealing With It

Andy Stuckey

Yesterday was a great day of circumstance in my little world of diabetes. I started the morning off rehearsing a brand new dirty song that Murray and I wrote and that will be performed at our next show. I’m curious to see how audiences react. I left our rehearsal at 1 PM and headed up to the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center for the second time in a month. This time, I was going to visit the ophthalmologist.

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Feb 01, 2007

Recipe of the Week: Colorful vegetable casserole

Tara Dairman

Jan 31, 2007

Article of the Week: Tools and Techniques for Visual Impairment

Tara Dairman

Nov 15, 2006

Article of the Week: Avoiding Eye Complications

Tara Dairman

Nov 10, 2006

Joslin Launches Free Online Diabetes Videos

Tara Dairman

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