FDA Approves Once-weekly Trulicity to Treat Type 2 Diabetes
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved Trulicity, a once-weekly injectable to treat adults with type 2 diabetes. Also known as dulaglutide, Trulicity is a glucagon-like peptide-1...
View ArticleBlood Pressure Control
A new study suggests that type 2 diabetics who want to avoid heart attacks or strokes should rigorously control their blood pressure. Doing so for an extended period of time seems to pay off years...
View ArticleDuodenum Resurfacing Procedure Improves Type 2 Diabetes Markers
A procedure designed to change how the body absorbs and processes glucose could help improve A1C numbers for those with type 2 diabetes, according to recent research. Presenting at the 19th World...
View ArticleQuestions Follow Football Player’s Diabetes Diagnosis, Move to New Team
It’s a nightmare scenario for a person who’s been newly diagnosed with diabetes: You’re fired after learning you have this chronic-yet-manageable disease. Everything the doctors told you about living a...
View ArticleDiabetes Health: Word Puzzle #1 Solution
If you would like to sign up to receive a weekly puzzle, please emailpuzzle@diabeteshealth.com. In the subject area write “add me to your weekly word puzzle list.” If you would like us to create a word...
View ArticleDiabetes Counselor Copes by Focusing on Others By Tanya Caylor
Marty Tschannen’s been having trouble with her A1C count. She’s worried that may be damaging to her eyes. Talking to other people and counseling them; focusing on their problems, offering advice helps...
View ArticleAsk Nadia: Bringing Down Fasting Blood Sugars
Hi Nadia, I have had Type 2 diabetes for ten years and I control it with diet and exercise. My fasting sugar levels are always high. My sugar level will not go down. What do I need to do to …
View ArticleType 2 Diagnosis Lit My Fire: 100 Lbs. Down and a 4.9 A1C!
By Janel Johnson In November 2005, with an A1c of 7.5%, I was told that I had type 2 diabetes. It shouldn’t have come as much of a surprise to me because my mother has type 2 and her mother …
View ArticleBattling Diabetes the Natural Way
By Eric M Morris Sometimes life can throw us a curveball. On May 29th, 2010 I was thrown a curveball that would change my life forever. It was only after my body was acting strangely did I realize that...
View ArticleType 2 Diabetes: Bike Maintenance as Body Maintenance
When first diagnosed with type 2 diabetes two years ago, I was scared into a very rigid regime of diet and exercise. The first thing I did was register for the Tour de Cure – a bike ride sponsored by …
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