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Actos May Help Slow Heart Disease

April 4, 2008

According to a new study, the Type 2 diabetes drug pioglitazone (brand name Actos) appears to slow the progression of coronary atherosclerosis, or narrowing of the heart’s arteries due to plaque buildup, better than an older diabetes drug, glimepiride (Amaryl, also available generically). People who have diabetes are at increased risk of developing heart disease, and coronary atherosclerosis can lead to angina or heart attack. Read More “Actos May Help Slow Heart Disease”

What We’re Reading: Antidepressants and Diabetes Risk

April 3, 2008

People who use a specific combination of antidepressants have been found to be at increased risk for Type 2 diabetes, according to a study by researchers at the University of Alberta, Edmonton. Read More “What We’re Reading: Antidepressants and Diabetes Risk”

A Year of Helping Medical Students

April 3, 2008

Last week, Kathryn and I had our final meeting with Andrew and Megan, two University of Michigan Medical School students assigned us as their volunteer family for the medical school’s Family Centered Experience (FCE) program. One of the goals of the FCE is to help students understand that a person’s illness isn’t confined to the hospital or doctor’s office; that the daily life of a person with a chronic medical condition more often than not consists of a constant navigation through, around, within, and with whatever condition that person has. Read More “A Year of Helping Medical Students”

The Misuse of Science

April 2, 2008

The recent ACCORD fiasco gave a good example of how science can be used to twist people’s thinking and public policy. If we want to make good decisions in a world full of people trying to deceive us, we can benefit from learning how science is supposed to work. That way, we can recognize when it is being misused. Read More “The Misuse of Science”

Two Lipid Drugs May Be Better Than One

March 28, 2008

A new study has found that combining two different types of drugs—a statin and a fibrate—to treat abnormal lipid levels may be better than using just one drug for people with Type 2 diabetes. Read More “Two Lipid Drugs May Be Better Than One”

What We’re Reading: Podcast on Kidney Disease

March 27, 2008

In the spirit of National Kidney Month, we are listening this week to a podcast from the Diabetes Daily Web site on the causes of diabetic kidney disease. Read More “What We’re Reading: Podcast on Kidney Disease”

Cruising My Way to a Goal

March 25, 2008

Now I’ve done it. I told my friend Sandy about my plan to lose at least 50 pounds and get my HbA1c under 6.5% before I can book another cruise. She’s an RN who also holds a degree in nutrition and is a CDE on top of that, so she’s quite capable of kicking my heinie if I venture too far off the path. Read More “Cruising My Way to a Goal”

Keeping the Weight Off

March 25, 2008

A new study has highlighted some methods that can help people who have lost weight keep the pounds off over the long term. In the longest and largest study of this nature yet published, researchers found that person-to-person interaction with a weight-loss professional worked best, and that using an interactive Web site also helped people keep weight off over a period of two years. Read More “Keeping the Weight Off”

What We’re Reading: National Kidney Month

March 20, 2008

The month of March brings many things: daylight saving time, the arrival of spring, and perhaps most significantly for people with diabetes, National Kidney Month. Read More “What We’re Reading: National Kidney Month”

Looking Back

March 20, 2008

Sunday(ish) marks the unofficial one-year anniversary of my diabetes diagnosis. “(Ish)" because I haven’t done any detailed review of my journal to find the precise date when the doctor told me that diabetes was what it was. "Unofficial" because a few weeks prior to—let’s just say March 23, 2007—the doctor’s visits and blood tests had commenced but I hadn’t yet heard anything conclusive about why I felt the way I’d been feeling. Read More “Looking Back”

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