As a diabetes educator and registered nurse, I continue to be surprised by how many male patients I encounter who are unaware that they have diabetes. In some cases, a spouse or partner notices changes and encourages them to seek medical attention. Others discover they have diabetes only after a major health event, such as […]
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Back in 2022, I wrote a blog about continuous glucose monitors (CGMs). Since then, a lot has changed—except one thing: people still love them! Today, CGMs are widely recommended and used by people living with Type 1, Type 2, or gestational diabetes. According to the American Diabetes Association, CGM is now recommended for adults with
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The holidays are full of food and cheer. How can you make smart choices on what you drink so your blood sugar does not spike? A wise healthcare provider once said, “It is much more satisfying to chew your calories, than to simply drink them.” Many drinks don’t feel as filling as food, and many
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Diabetes Distress When someone has a diagnosis of diabetes, they know that there isn’t any vacation from diabetes. A person needs to think about medications, exercise, technology, eating plans, possible complications that arise from the disease, hypoglycemia as well as having to deal with people who might not understand diabetes almost every day. After some
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The Standards of Care in Diabetes by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) is released every year for healthcare professionals for guidance of diabetes care.There are 17 chapters and over 300 pages on multiple topics concerning diabetes.The following is a list from the most current ADA guidelines of 2024 which people can review in order to
Over 100 years ago Dr. Fred Banting and his colleagues found a way to make insulin into an injectable form. In 2016, the American Diabetes Association (ADA)reported 3 Stages of Type 1 diabetes. The FDA approved the first and only disease – modifying therapy to delay the onset of Type 1 diabetes (T1D) in those
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As a Diabetes Care and Education Specialist in a rehabilitation hospital, our Diabetes Interdisciplinary team strives to prevent hypoglycemia. Hypoglycemia occurs when the body has a relative excess of insulin in the blood, and it results in low blood glucose levels. It occurs most often in people with Type 1 diabetes but can happen in
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As a diabetes educator in an inpatient hospital, my diabetic patients have been asking me about the “meter in the arm.” These patients are inquiring about the continuous glucose monitor (CGM). The CGM is a growing technology that can provide users hundreds of blood glucose values a day! The CGM device collects blood glucose data
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