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The Diabetes Self-Management Web Team is made up of Web Editor Tara Dairman, Assistant Editor Diane Fennell, Assistant Editor David Golann, and Editorial Assistant Quinn Phillips.

Jul 24, 2008

What We’re Reading: Drawing Diabetes

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Well, this week it's more like "What We're Watching"!

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Jul 17, 2008

What We're Reading: Diabetes Type Confusion

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Diabetes bloggers are not pleased with a segment that aired on ABC’s Good Morning America last week. Apparently, the segment gave people tips for reducing their risk of diabetes, but failed to distinguish between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

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Jul 10, 2008

What We’re Reading: The Benefits of Keeping a (Food) Diary

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For many, the term “diary” conjures up an image of a closely guarded book filled with ruminations about school, siblings, and adolescent crushes. But diaries are not just places to gush about the newest pop star—as data published in the August edition of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine shows. When they are used to keep track of food intake, diaries can be effective tools for helping people lose weight.

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Jul 03, 2008

What We’re Reading: CGMS Denial Week

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Many health insurance companies routinely deny coverage to people who are prescribed a continuous glucose monitoring system (CGMS). This device allows people with diabetes to know their glucose level, and whether it is rising or falling, at one- or five-minute intervals. Although it can be particularly useful for people who experience hypoglycemia unawareness and can detect an insulin pump malfunction, some insurance providers classify a CGMS as unnecessary and “experimental.”

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Jun 26, 2008

What We’re Reading: Evaluating Health News

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The profusion of health news stories reported in newspapers and magazines and on TV can be overwhelming—and sometimes confusing. It seems that you can't open a paper or turn on the TV without hearing about the latest medical study and how essential it is to your well-being. Careful readers may wonder whether the attention-grabbing headlines really match up with the claims of the original studies.

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Jun 19, 2008

What We're Reading: Tim Russert

Jun 12, 2008

What We’re Reading: Finding a Doctor Who Listens

Jun 06, 2008

High Rates of Arthritis Found in People with Diabetes

May 29, 2008

What We're Reading: Pesticides and Type 2 Diabetes

May 22, 2008

What We're Reading: Diabetes Advice

May 15, 2008

What We’re Reading: Free Insulin Pen Offer

May 08, 2008

What We're Reading: Insulin Pump Safety

May 01, 2008

What We're Reading: Product Design Contest

Apr 24, 2008

What We’re Reading: Type 1 Bloggers Roundtable

Apr 17, 2008

What We’re Reading: Health At the End of the Rainbow

Apr 10, 2008

What We're Reading: Raise Your Voice!

Apr 03, 2008

What We're Reading: Antidepressants and Diabetes Risk

Mar 27, 2008

What We’re Reading: Podcast on Kidney Disease

Mar 20, 2008

What We’re Reading: National Kidney Month

Mar 13, 2008

What We're Reading: Saving Money on Health Care

Mar 06, 2008

What We're Reading: Diabetes and Tea

Feb 28, 2008

What We’re Reading: Diabetes and Oral Health

Feb 21, 2008

What We’re Reading: Reactions to ACCORD

Feb 14, 2008

What We're Reading: Inspired by Diabetes Contest

Feb 07, 2008

What We're Reading: Diabetes and Politics

Jan 31, 2008

What We’re Reading: Blogging for Your Health

Jan 24, 2008

What We’re Reading: Time for Sleep?

Jan 10, 2008

What We're Reading: Reactions to the ADA's New Guidelines

Jan 03, 2008

What We’re Reading: Diabetes Resolutions and Reflections

Dec 20, 2007

What We're Reading: Depression, Diabetes, and the Elderly

Dec 13, 2007

What We're Reading: Surviving the Holidays

Dec 06, 2007

What We're Reading: A Red-Wine–Inspired Diabetes Drug?

Nov 29, 2007

What We’re Reading: The Over-informed Patient?

Nov 21, 2007

What We're Reading: World Diabetes Day

Nov 15, 2007

What We're Reading: D-Blog Day

Nov 08, 2007

What We’re Reading: Halle Berry's Diabetes

Nov 01, 2007

What We're Reading: Diabetes Photos

Oct 25, 2007

What We’re Reading: Type 3 Diabetes?

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