News and Research Archive

Where’s Your Brain When You Need It?

March 11, 2008

Hypoglycemia is a strange thing. Just when you need at least a couple of brain cells to rub together, they seem to have all disappeared. Perhaps I was a bit hypoglycemic when I wrote last week’s blog entry ("South of the Border [and So Was My Glucose]"), because it appears I didn’t make myself clear enough. Read More “Where’s Your Brain When You Need It?”

ADVANCE Study Contradicts ACCORD Findings

March 7, 2008

The surprising and much-publicized early findings from the ACCORD study, which showed a slightly increased risk of death among certain people with Type 2 diabetes who used intensive drug therapy to lower blood glucose levels, have prompted researchers conducting a similar ongoing study to release early results. The ADVANCE study, which is the largest study ever of aggressive blood glucose control in people with Type 2 diabetes, has found no increase in risk of death associated with intensive treatment. Read More “ADVANCE Study Contradicts ACCORD Findings”

What We’re Reading: Diabetes and Tea

March 6, 2008

After water, tea is the most popular drink in the world, and it has been linked to a variety of health benefits. Studies in the past have shown that black and green tea may help lower blood glucose levels, and a recent experiment may help explain why. Read More “What We’re Reading: Diabetes and Tea”

Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Me

March 6, 2008

About a month ago, I told you that I was thinking about continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) and that I’d take you along on my exploration of these little devices and share my experience. Then, last week, I said that on Monday I’d start wearing one for a week.

Monday came. I was prepped and fitted with a CGM. And then I lived with it…

…for only two days.

ACCORD Travesty

March 5, 2008

I’m gonna get in trouble for this one. I got so outraged reading media reports on the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) trial that I may say some nasty and completely true things about the medical establishment. Read More “ACCORD Travesty”

Blood Pressure Rising… What Can You Do?

February 29, 2008

According to a report published in the February 12 issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, rates of uncontrolled high blood pressure are on the rise in American women. Women now have higher rates of uncontrolled high blood pressure than men do in every state, and rates in men are still higher than they should be. Read More “Blood Pressure Rising… What Can You Do?”

What We’re Reading: Diabetes and Oral Health

February 28, 2008

A recent post on the Side by Side blog of the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) has us thinking about diabetes and oral health. The post discusses how the teeth and mouth, like the feet, are often-overlooked sites of preventable diabetes complications. Read More “What We’re Reading: Diabetes and Oral Health”

“Be Prepared”: Not Just the Boy Scouts’ Marching Song

February 26, 2008

My husband has had the flu, my granddaughter now has the flu, and I’ve decided it’s time to review my sick-day rules in case I get the flu. You might want to review yours, too, especially since this year’s flu vaccine doesn’t seem to be working all that well. Read More ““Be Prepared”: Not Just the Boy Scouts’ Marching Song”

What We’re Reading: Reactions to ACCORD

February 21, 2008

By now, you have probably heard of the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes, or ACCORD, trial. (If not, you can check out “The ACCORD Trial Findings: What You Should Know” for a full report.) Read More “What We’re Reading: Reactions to ACCORD”

Mind Your Own Business

February 21, 2008

This last full week of February I’ll be leaving arctic Michigan to attend a conference in Miami Beach. It will be the first time I’ve taken my diabetes along on an airline flight, and while I don’t expect any hassles with my insulin pump or the bottles of insulin or the syringes I carry, you just never know. Read More “Mind Your Own Business”

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