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Web Team

Free Every Body Walk! App

While a pedometer is a useful tool for keeping track of your walking progress, a new app from health-care consortium Kaiser Permanente can turn your smart phone into more than just a pedometer…

Diane Fennell

Exercise May Slow Development of Neuropathy Pain

Regular exercise can reduce the development of painful neuropathy thanks to increased amounts of a protective substance called heat shock protein 72 (Hsp72), according to a new animal study published in the journal Anesthesia & Analgesia…

Amy Campbell

Healthy Habits for Healthy Aging: More Steps You Can Take

Would you describe yourself as a “successful ager”? Most of us probably don’t think of getting older in those terms, but it’s not a bad approach. We all want to be able to enjoy health and vitality in our later years…

Diane Fennell

Sit Less to Reduce Diabetes Risk

Simply sitting less and moving more may be even more helpful for preventing Type 2 diabetes in at-risk individuals than engaging in vigorous physical activity, according to new research from the University of Leicester…

Amy Campbell

New to Diabetes: What’s Next? (Part 4)

This week concludes the “New to Diabetes” series that I’ve featured over the past few weeks. It’s a little like being in school, isn’t it? You know there’s a lot to learn and at times (or maybe most of the time), it can feel pretty overwhelming…

Web Team

Tips for Sticking With Your New Exercise Plan

Was one of your New Year’s resolutions to commit to an exercise plan? If you did — and if you’re already feeling your enthusiasm for your new routine waning — then you’re not alone…

Web Team

First All-Diabetes Pro Cycling Team Announced

Diane Fennell

Exercise Extends Life in People of All Weights

Amy Campbell

On the Move for the Holidays

Diane Fennell

Walking Significantly Reduces After-Meal Glucose

Diane Fennell

Simple Step to Increase Physical Activity

Web Team

Getting Out and About This Summer

Web Team

An American Ninja Warrior With Type 1

Jan Chait

When F-E-R-T-I-L-I-Z-E-R Is a Four-Letter Word

Diane Fennell

Exercise Improves Vessel Health in Prediabetes

Web Team

Congratulations to Team Type 1!

Diane Fennell

Simple Step for Controlling Glucose

Maryam Elarbi

Woes of Lows

Web Team

Two Diabetes and Sports Associations Merge

Eric Lagergren

Worried To Bed, Fine To Wake

Diane Fennell

Yoga for Blood Glucose Control

Diane Fennell

Increase Life Span With Only 15 Minutes of Exercise a Day

Diane Fennell

Aerobic Exercise Best to Beat Belly Fat

Eric Lagergren

Low, Low, Low

Eric Lagergren

Lift a Heavy Load

Web Team

What We’re Reading: ADA’s Red Striders

David Spero

Dance Out Diabetes

Joe Eldridge

A Break in the Action

Web Team

What We’re Reading: Walk With Walgreens

Joe Eldridge

Preparing for the Tour of Korea

Web Team

What We’re Reading: National Diabetes Prevention Program

Joe Eldridge

A Hard Lesson Learned

Joe Eldridge

Greetings From Belgium

Web Team

What We’re Reading: Tour de Cure

Joe Eldridge

A Day in the Life of a Cyclist With Diabetes

Joe Eldridge

Sick in South Africa

Joe Eldridge

The Racing Season Begins

Web Team

What We’re Reading: The Longest Walk

Diane Fennell

To Ward Off Diabetes, Walk

Joe Eldridge

Challenges of the Off-season

Joe Eldridge

An Introduction

Eric Lagergren

Correspondence About My Lows

Eric Lagergren

Playing the Blood Glucose Card

Eric Lagergren

When the Lows Don’t Represent

Eric Lagergren

That Life, That Exercise (Part 2 of 2, Finally!)

Eric Lagergren

That Life, That Exercise (Part 1.5 of 2)

Eric Lagergren

That Life, That Exercise (Part 1 of 2)

Eric Lagergren

More Blog Entries About Exercise and Diabetes

David Spero

Activity Yes, Exercise Maybe

David Spero

One Step at a Time

Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Mindfulness and Stress Management

Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Pool Time With the Pump

Diane Fennell

Milk the Better Post-Exercise Quaff

Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Team Type 1 Races for America

Jan Chait

Some Things That Sort of Go Together

Diane Fennell

Exercise Wards Off Dangerous Form of Fat

Mark Marino

Diabetes Drugs: Exercise

Eric Lagergren

Maybe It’s (Diabetic) Complacency

David Spero

Are We an Epidemic?

David Spero

Is Weight Good for You?

Eric Lagergren

Running Scared: A Legitimate Concern or Just an Excuse

Eric Lagergren

My Routine, My Blood Glucose

David Spero

Qi Gong, Diabetes, and Me

Tara Dairman

Diabetes Alert Day Brings Free Tools and Tips

David Spero

Fitness in Ten Minutes a Day

David Spero

Is Weight Worth Another Book?

Ingrid Strauch

No Energy for Exercise?

Tara Dairman

Diabetes, Exercise, Outlook, and Your Brain

David Spero

Diets Don’t Work?

Amy Campbell

Healthy Holidays To All

Amy Campbell

Get Moving! New Physical Activity Guidelines! (Part 4)

Amy Campbell

Get Moving! New Physical Activity Guidelines! (Part 3)

Amy Campbell

Get Moving! New Physical Activity Guidelines! (Part 2)

Amy Campbell

Get Moving! New Physical Activity Guidelines! (Part 1)

David Spero

New Answers on Exercise

Eric Lagergren

The Positive Can Be Negative

Web Team

High Rates of Arthritis Found in People with Diabetes

David Spero

The New York Times Discovers Exercise

Tara Dairman

Two Diabetes Contests Encourage Creativity

Tara Dairman

Can Exercise Fight the Aging Process?

David Spero

Out of Shape in Two Months

Eric Lagergren

Forbidden Fruit

Eric Lagergren

What Causes Stress and Relieves It at the Same Time?

David Spero

Self-Managing Depression

Amy Campbell

Take a Hike!

Eric Lagergren

Back in the Saddle

Tara Dairman

More Good News About Exercise

David Spero

Let’s Get Moving

Andy Stuckey

Sweating and Diabetes: The Tale of My Fake Snakeskin Pants

Andy Stuckey

Diabetes in the Altitude

Tara Dairman

Article of the Week: Exercising With an Insulin Pump

Tara Dairman

Diet vs. Exercise for Weight Loss

Tara Dairman

Article of the Week: Burning Fat Through Exercise

Tara Dairman

Exercise Helps Diabetes Control, Wards off Colds

Andy Stuckey

Exercise Remedy

Andy Stuckey

A Day at the Races

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