Last week, a virtual who’s-who of about 500 researchers and scientists working on diabetes technologies gathered in Bethesda, MD, for the 12th annual meeting of the Diabetes Technology Society.
You’re unlikely to get diagnosed with type 2 diabetes if you already have type 1, because it’s hard to measure the difference in blood sugar values, but you can still suffer from both types of diabetes simultaneously.
We all know that sugar is the enemy of sight. But what we generally worry about are various sorts of retinopathies: bleeding and/or jacked-up growth of capillaries in the back of the eyeballs that can cause partial or total blindness. Cataracts, however, are a horse of a different color altogether.
A report in the October 2012 issue of Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics says that airport full-body scans can cause malfunctions in insulin pumps or continuous glucose monitors.
You’ve been told since childhood that washing your hands keeps germs away. This healthy habit may also help you manage your diabetes.
A research team from the University of Georgia in the US enlisted 51 students to perform two tasks of self control.
Diabetic retinopathy refers to changes in the retina (the back of the eye) caused by diabetes. Eye doctors check for retinopathy by dilating or enlarging the pupils with drops. Here’s 5 questions and answers that define and characterize the disease.
Diabetes epidemics have followed the standard American diet across the world. The starches, sugars, and saturated fats in mass-produced foods would seem to be the cause. But maybe not.
If you have diabetes, your body is not able to process sugar the way it should. Excess sugar that builds up in your blood can put you at increased risk of kidney damage that can eventually lead to kidney failure.
These pharmacist-recommended over-the-counter products will make your next trip to the drugstore easier. Scroll down to find recommendations for diabetics.
A diabetes blogger experience on using the Medtronic MySentry product for a few months.
With the kickoff of Diabetes Month, November, a new social media site just for people with type 1 diabetes, loved ones and caregivers, goes online – myglu.org.
To avoid the little finger for fingerstick tests. Why is that?
The death rate from diabetes among children and adolescents has fallen by more than 60% since the late 1960s, according to the CDC.
Bariatric surgery, which significantly curtails the amount of food a person can eat, is the most effective treatment against obesity.
It’s a precursor to diabetes, but it also can be reversed. Insulin resistance is a fuzzy, often misunderstood concept. Here, we answer five common questions.
DiabetesMine icks off the month by hosting Best of the ‘Betes Blogs awards for the previous month, October.
Kathleen is intimately familiar with the power of diabetes technology, having participated in a clinical trial for the Artificial Pancreas Project.
Nadia Al-Samarrie writes an article on an interesting hypoglycemic symptom.
Consumer Reports published a rating system and ranking of the top 21 glucose meters available in the United States in their November issue.