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As some of you know, I write A Hearty Life as well as Diabetes Notes. Being a cardiac nurse, I have a strong passion for the topic. Now, we all know that diabetes and heart disease goes hand in hand. So does exercise, eating healthy and prevention of disease. But how […]
According to Senator Clinton, “With a payment system that rewards treatments for complications, but not the low-cost prevention initiatives that could stop such complications from occurring, our healthcare system is ill-equipped to handle the growing prevalence of diabetes. This legislation is the first step in establishing the important diabetes prevention and disease management initiatives necessary […]
“Don’t you think diabetes is really just a nice way to say a person is fat and eats to much?” My head turns in the direction of the very rude, rather large caboosed women spreading her intelligence to anyone who will listen. “I agree, I mean come on, I can eat donuts, but […]
Go figure, I am on vacation and my blood sugars are absolutely perfect. Who would have thought? And to top it all of, my doctors appointment is finally this Friday with the endocrinologist. So when he says, “how has your bloodsugar been?”, I will have to say, “just fine, thanks”. […]
Here we go again. New news about stem cells and diabetes. I love the fact that scientists are looking at this from every possible angle. Researchers have reported that they were able to divide and grow adult stem cells to produce insulin. The stem cells were derived from human umbilical cord […]
What do you all think of the Avandia coverage? Do you think that there is someone to blame at the level of FDA approval? For me, a RN, it will be interesting to see what happens in clinical practice. Though the research was fairly astounding, there will still be some cases in […]
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With over 50% of deaths among diabetics being attributed to heart disease, how can you ignore research on a type 2 diabetic medication that shows a large increase of cardiac incidences. I think it at least warrants further investigation.
Avandia, a popular drug to treat type 2 diabetes… increased the risk of death […]
I worked night-shift this past weekend at the hospital, 7PM till 7AM. Halfway through Saturday night, as things calmed down I got to thinking. I wondered if nurses, or any other type of shift worker, with diabetes have a more difficult time in controlling their blood sugars.
When you think about it, our bodies […]
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Written by Kendra James, RN [email] for b5media.
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