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David Spero

David Spero

David Spero has been a nurse for 32 years and has lived with multiple sclerosis for 25 years. He is author of two books: The Art of Getting Well: Maximizing Health When You Have a Chronic Illness (Hunter House 2002), and Diabetes: Sugar-coated Crisis – Who Gets It, Who Profits, and How to Stop It (New Society 2006). He writes for Diabetes Self-Management and Arthritis Self-Management magazines. He is a project director with New Health Partnerships: Improving care by Engaging Patients, a project of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.


The Joys of Marketing

Things have been kind of tough lately. My mobility scooter broke down again, so I’m trapped inside. But that’s not the worst of it. Life is just getting on my nerves. My son told me, “You have a blog. Rant about it.” So here goes. I will even throw in some useful information along the way…

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How Fishy Are You?

I have long heard about the health benefits of fish. I’ve also been aware that not all fish are equally good for you, and that overfishing is harming the oceans. Now, more fish news is on the radar: A new study highlights fish consumption as a way to get protection from diabetes, and another report compiles the fish that are the most healthful and that can be caught with the least effect on the environment…

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Pollution and Diabetes

In response to my blog post on thin Type 2s, Robinhood wrote, “According to the Veteran’s Administration, [my type 2] was brought on by exposure to Agent Orange.” The VA could be right. Chemical pollution may be a major cause of both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes

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The Double Whammy

Did you know that over 52% of people with diabetes also have arthritis? We reported on this finding in June 2008, but it still brings up questions such as: Why should this be? And what does it mean for people with one or both conditions? Does it tell us anything about treatment or self-management? Maybe it does…

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What About Urine Tests?

Since I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) over 20 years ago, I’ve been a self-care maniac. I think about it, write about it, and talk about it all the time. So when I started having to urinate every 90 minutes or so, I decided to investigate for myself…

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Thin Type 2s?

We’ve all read about people with Type 1 climbing mountains, dancing ballet, or playing professional football. But all people with Type 2 are thought by many to be overweight and sedentary. Last week I learned different. It’s an interesting story…

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Where Does Type 2 Come From?

Food and Diabetes Studies Show Surprises

Vegetables Rock!

Where Do You Find Hope?

Health and Happiness

Sleep, Stress, and Diabetes

When Can We Stop?

Illness and Fear

Are We an Epidemic?

Are People with Diabetes Sweeter?

Changing Killer Thoughts

Bariatric Surgery News

Is Weight Good for You?

Tight Control OK if You Want It

Health-Care System Needs Healing

News Roundup

Make it the “Feel Good” Diet

Does Your Body Know (What to Eat)?

Try the “Tastes Good” Diet

And Diabetes Makes Three

Eat Like a Caveman?

Qi Gong, Diabetes, and Me

Proud of Yourself?

Where Do You Find Support?

Living with Fear

Coping with Frustration

Discrimination and Diabetes

Emotions and Bad Habits

Ideas in Weight Control

Insulin, Fat, And Doctors

Fitness in Ten Minutes a Day

Not So Fast With the Insulin?

Do Emotions Help or Hurt You?

Is Weight Worth Another Book?

Stress, Inflammation, Diabetes

New Study, Same Problems

Too Many Drugs

Diets Don’t Work?

Food Politics

Families and Self-Care

What’s for Breakfast?

Does Dieting Cause Weight Gain?

Your Family History

A Good Cry?

New Drugs: Myths and Facts

Furry Medicine

Preparing for Hard Times

Might As Well Vote

Does Health Affect Your Relationships?

Mistakes People Make With Doctors

Speaking Up for Myself

Self-Managing Chronic Pain (Part 3): Medications and Groups

Mind Over Pain?

Self-Managing Chronic Pain (Part 1)

The Mysteries of Pain

An Epidemic of Pain

Does Your Educator Have a Clue?

Fighting for Food

Different Foods for Different Folks

Are Your Meds Making You Fat?

Partners Speak Out About Sex

ADA Advice on Sex

New Answers on Exercise

What to Eat? ADA Speakers Disagree

In the Palace of Diabetes

How Much (Monitoring) is Too Much? (Part 2)

How Much (Monitoring) is Too Much?

The New York Times Discovers Exercise

"Angry with God"

Power Naps, Health Naps

Insurance Tips from the ADA

Stay Out of the Swamp

Getting Health Insurance

Diabetes and the Brain

Love Your Feet

The Misuse of Science

Weight, Prejudice, and Type 2 Diabetes

Write It Down

Some Things Are Worse Than Sugar

ACCORD Travesty

To Band or Not to Band

Out of Shape in Two Months

The Green Triangle

Have You Tried Group Medicine?

What’s Your Motivation?

Stop Waking Up! (Part 2)

Stop Waking Up!

Do You CAM?

New Year’s Resolutions

Going Home for the Holidays

Coping With Stress Through Relaxation

Reducing Stress

Accepting

Native Americans, Love, and Diabetes

Are You Ready for the Holidays?

Grab Some Z’s

Depression—The Power Cure

Self-Managing Depression

Depression and Type 2 Diabetes—Symptoms or Disease? (Part 2)

Depression and Type 2 Diabetes—Symptoms or Disease?

Changing a Bad Habit

Learning About Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load

Carbs vs. Fats—Who’s to Blame?

Say the Magic Word

I Need Some Rest

Answering Reader Questions

How the Medical System Hurts People With Diabetes

Sicker Than Sicko

Laugh With Me

In The Mood

Sex, Intimacy, and Diabetes

Is it Type 2 or is it LADA?

Put Your Mask on First

Let’s Get Moving

Type 2 Diabetes—An Environmental Illness

Wellness is a Team Sport, Part 2: Working With Family

Wellness is a Team Sport, Part 1: "I Hate to Ask"

Introducing Myself

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