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Diane Fennell

A1C Shows Predictive Advantage

The HbA1c test can more accurately identify people at risk for a variety of health conditions than the fasting plasma glucose test, according to new research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health…

Web Team

What We’re Reading: Free Blood Glucose Checks at Walgreens

According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), 5.7 million Americans have diabetes and don’t know it. A person’s risk of this condition can be assessed in part with a blood glucose test, which is why Walgreens is offering free blood glucose monitoring to walk-ins at select stores and Take Care clinics nationwide until February 18…

Diane Fennell

A1C Recommended as Diagnostic Tool

New recommendations issued by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) call for the addition of the hemoglobin A1C, or A1C, test to the tools currently used to diagnose prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes

Ingrid Strauch

Free Blood Testing

Now that National Diabetes Month is in full swing, a number of businesses and organizations are rolling out programs and events to raise awareness of diabetes and help those who have it manage the condition. While some of these may be thinly veiled marketing efforts, some appear to offer real help or services…

Eric Lagergren

What Time Can Do To Diagnosis Stories

I’ve written about the Family Centered Experience (FCE) in my blog several times over the past two years. It’s a wonderful program for all first- and second-year medical students at the University of Michigan, and rather than describe it for you in my own words — and in case you don’t click on the link to the previous entry about the Family Centered Experience — here is a quick what-it-is from the FCE Web site

Jan Chait

Searching My Brain for Something to Say

Searching my brain (or what’s left of it) this week, I couldn’t come up with one thing to write about. I could, however, think of several — none of which would make a full blog. Or not that I could determine. So consider this my occasional burst of cleaning out some of the things I have hiding in folders… and in the recesses of my brain…

Eric Lagergren

Another Endocrinologist Visit

Jan Chait

Sometimes Things Really Do Suck

Eric Lagergren

For the Rest of My Life, This Month

Tara Dairman

HbA1c Test to be Used for Diagnosis

Tara Dairman

Knocking Out Prediabetes

Tara Dairman

"National Diabetes Goal" Set

Eric Lagergren

"It Turned Everything Upside Down"

Jan Chait

What Does That Have To Do With Diabetes?

Eric Lagergren

Breaking Bad News

Eric Lagergren

P2P Diabetes

Eric Lagergren

Ode to Diabetes, or Oh Diabetes

Eric Lagergren

Nothing Like Experience To Ease Diabetes Anxiety

Eric Lagergren

A Diabetes Neophyte’s Prologue (Part 3)

Eric Lagergren

A Diabetes Neophyte’s Prologue (Part 2)

Eric Lagergren

A Diabetes Neophyte’s Prologue (Part 1)

David Spero

Is it Type 2 or is it LADA?

Jan Chait

"Fat and Lazy," or Type 2 Diabetes—Which Came First?

Jan Chait

Pondering the Intensity of Preventing Type 2 diabetes

Jan Chait

Type 1 Envy

Jan Chait

What Does Your Doc Know About Diabetes?

Andy Stuckey

3-D Life with Diabetes

Andy Stuckey

Substitutions: A Way of Life

Jan Chait

Knowledge Amid Chaos

Andy Stuckey

Intro and a Little About Me

Jan Chait

Everything I Knew About Diabetes, I Learned From My Grandmother

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