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Monthly Archives: October 2012
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween from Joslin Diabetes Center! We know that Halloween can be difficult for people with diabetes (all that candy!), so here are some resources for putting the emphasis less on candy and more on spooky activities. Or, if … Continue reading
Good For You? Maybe Not: Some Tricky Foods That Can Be Nutritionally Deceptive
We all know that certain foods are good for us—plain non-starchy vegetables for example. It isn’t easy to come up with a lot of nutritional negatives to denigrate spinach or broccoli. But there are some foods that we think of … Continue reading
Posted in Healthy Eating
Tagged caloric foods, healthy subsitutes, weight management
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Is It Really Type 2?
The diagnosis of a child with type 1 diabetes is usually straightforward. The symptoms are classic and well-known to any physician—polydipsia, polyphagia, and polyuria: the child with uncontrolled blood sugars is forever thirsty, hungry and running to the bathroom to … Continue reading
Powered Up Pen or Pump on Training Wheels? A New Insulin Delivery Device for People With Type 2
There is a new category of insulin device on the market that is aimed at patients with type 2 diabetes. It’s a disposable insulin delivery device, and right now there is only one vendor supplying this product, but if the … Continue reading
Posted in Diabetes Day2Day
Tagged insulin pen, insulin pump, Type 2 Diabetes, type 2 insulin delivery
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How to Fast Safely When You Have Diabetes
Fasting has a place in the pantheon of many religions as well as being a standard way of performing sacrifice in many cultures. Yom Kippur, one of the holiest days in the Jewish religious calendar includes fasting as part of … Continue reading
Doctor-Patient Interaction Focus of 6th Annual Mackay Forum
When patients and doctors can engage in honest conversation, that’s when care is at its best. That was the take-home message of “What People Think About Diabetes, Why It Matters, and What Can Be Done,” the 6th Annual Harriet Mackay … Continue reading
Posted in Inside Joslin
Tagged Diabetes Educator, harriet mackay lecture, patient doctor relationship
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Insulin Injection Sites: A Review
When it comes to injecting insulin, the stomach, the buttocks, the back of the arm and the thigh have something in common. They usually contain enough fatty issue to be good depots for insulin administration. As any educator will tell … Continue reading
Posted in Diabetes Day2Day
Tagged exercise and insulin injections, injection sites, insulin injections
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Trying Vegan Diets with Diabetes
One size doesn’t fit all; not for clothes and not for diet either. If a moderate carbohydrate omnivore diet using carbohydrate counting doesn’t float your boat, there is evidence that a well-balanced vegan diet can achieve the same glycemic goals for people with type … Continue reading
Nuts for Nuts: A Great Food for People With Diabetes
Ask a diabetes educator about what you can have as a snack and inevitably (s)he will mention nuts. When she does you won’t wince or twist your mouth into a moue of polite disdain Crunchy, with a slightly sweet, rich aroma … Continue reading