All foods affect your blood sugar levels, but some cause sharper spikes than others. By keeping an eye on the glycemic index levels of the foods you eat, you may be able to keep your glucose levels more stable.
An important part of maintaining your health is using your medications and testing supplies properly. That includes discarding them after the expiration date. In many cases, expired supplies won't work as well — or at all.
Acupuncture is a healing practice in which special hair-thin needles are placed into specific points on the skin and then manipulated. The goal is to correct disruptions of what traditional Chinese medicine calls qi (pronounced “chee”), the flow of energy inside the body.
Nobody likes tests, and most of us would rather skip the office visits and blood draws. But keeping tabs on a few key markers is by far the most important thing you can do to manage your diabetes — and your risk for cardiovascular disease.
Patient A has type 1 diabetes and has been injecting himself with insulin every day since 1970. Patient B, who also has type 1, has given himself daily injections for more than 50 years. Both started out using a syringe and vial
What if your cell phone could help direct your diabetes treatment? Researchers at Georgetown University are working with high-tech companies to bring the wireless power of radio frequency identification to people with diabetes.
Has your health care team told you about estimated average glucose (eAG)? It’s a new — and very helpful — way to measure your blood glucose control during the previous two to three months.
Monitoring the body’s blood sugar (glucose) levels is a fact of daily life for people with diabetes. That routine certainly affects those with type 1 diabetes, whose bodies don’t produce insulin so they must regularly inject themselves with the vital hormone.
We’ve all gotten used to carrying around small electronic devices that make our lives easier, from cell phones to pagers to PDAs like PalmPilots. For some people with diabetes, there’s another — an insulin pump, an unobtrusive, pager-sized device that can deliver insulin at a continuous rate and allows you to give extra insulin as the need arises.
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