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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Eye Can See Clearly Now: Injection Treatment for Eye Disease in Diabetes
Laser therapy has been the cornerstone of treatment for proliferative diabetic retinopathy and macular edema for over thirty years. Panretinal photocoagulation, developed at Joslin’s Beetham Eye Institute, has been a major breakthrough in preserving the vision of people with even … Continue reading
Posted in Diabetes Day2Day
Tagged Beetham Institute, diabetes and eyes, eye care, macular edema
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Back in Sandals? Check Your Feet!
Bright reds, yellows, aquas with ankle straps and pretty buckles or maybe a sensible Birkenstock in neutral tan: it’s getting to be sandal season again. There’s nothing finer than feeling a gently warm breeze between your toes on a glorious … Continue reading
Statins and Diabetes: Joslin Doctor Responds to Controversy
Earlier this year, the FDA placed a warning label on the class of LDL cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins. The label states that “increases in glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and fasting serum glucose levels have been reported with statin use,” but continued … Continue reading
Posted in Research
Tagged allison goldfine, cholesterol, statins and diabetes, statins causing diabetes
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More Than Pill Dispensers: How Your Pharmacist Can Help Your Diabetes
Despite what those pharmacy commercials exemplifying the close patient pharmacist team tell us, most of us have limited interaction with our druggist. We drop off our prescriptions at one window and pay for them at another. If we have a … Continue reading
Protein Breakdown: What it Does for Your Diabetes
Carbs, carbs, carbs – reading diabetes magazines and talking to doctors and dietitians you could get the impression that managing your diet is all about how much and what type of carbohydrate foods you are eating. Now there is no … Continue reading
Prep for Greatness: Nutrition for Physical Training
Whether you will be pounding the pavement up Heartbreak Hill this Monday or know an iron man competition is in your future, you need to think about how to best nourish your body. To ensure you have the energy and … Continue reading
Posted in Exercise, Healthy Eating
Tagged athletes with diabetes, carbohydrate, training with diabetes
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What To Expect Post-Gastric Surgery
This is week two of a three-week series on gastric surgery. So you have been thinking about gastric bypass surgery. You not alone. It is big business and it is growing every year. Over 200,000 people chose this route to … Continue reading
Posted in Diabetes Day2Day
Tagged gastric surgery, surgery series, weight loss, weight loss and diabetes
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Yoga and Diabetes: Relax and Get Fit
Yoga’s trendy: you can tell because Groupon has started offering great deals on a regular basis. But should people with diabetes ride its popularity wave? Despite its recent upswing in followers, yoga has been helping people improve strength, balance and … Continue reading