Diabetes in the News

Monday, 28 April 2008, 5:00 | Category : Diabetes News
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I don’t mind so much people linking to any post I have on this site – BUT only if they give proper due to me, the author (or Tre when she posts).  Recently I have been dealing with folks stealing the Diabetes in the News posts via RSS and attributing them to someone else, even [...]

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Is There Really a Cure?

Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 21:47 | Category : Diabetes
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Liberty Just in Case has a post titled “A Diabetes Cure?” and naturally, being a diabetic I had to check it out.  The post points to an article about lap band surgery – gastric bypass without the major reconfiguration of the internal organs.
Lap band surgery has the surgeon putting a ‘band’ around the top portion [...]

Diabetes in the News

Monday, 14 April 2008, 5:00 | Category : Diabetes News
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(Brought from my Week END Wrap post on April 12, 2008) Had a blonde moment this week, actually for two days, in my diabetic world.  Wednesday and Thursday I pushed my sugar limits too far.  I got mucho sleepy on Wednesday afternoon, but fought through it and didn’t test when I got home.  Thursday, about [...]

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Diabetes in the News

Monday, 7 April 2008, 5:00 | Category : Diabetes News
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I took Tae Kwon Do to a blue belt many years ago. I had to stop due to physical limitations (Thyroid went bonkers) and we moved. I did try Tai Chi once – but after the fast pace of TKD, I just couldn’t get it. Maybe its time to try again.
Tai Chi Improves Diabetes Control
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Diabetes in the News

Monday, 31 March 2008, 5:00 | Category : Diabetes News
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The article below just confirms what I did in October 2005 was the right thing.
THURSDAY, March 27 (HealthDay News) — Researchers report that a once-daily shot of insulin appears to control blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes just as well as injecting insulin three times a day.
The once-a-day formulation, known as insulin [...]