Digital diabetes care, worth the cost?
The healthcare press headlines read “digital diabetes care is not worth the cost.” Okay, that got my attention. But let’s take a closer look…
Continue readingThe healthcare press headlines read “digital diabetes care is not worth the cost.” Okay, that got my attention. But let’s take a closer look…
Continue reading๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ: “Yogurts can make limited claim that the food reduces risk of type 2 diabetes, FDA says.”
Continue readingThe FDA warned patients against using devices that don’t pierce the skin to check their glucose levels. Their readings are unreliable.
Continue readingRecently Oprah characterized using Ozempic for weight loss as โtaking the easy way out.โย
Wait. What?
Continue readingIt was about five years ago that I wrote my first article about the importance of disaster preparedness when living with diabetes. Looking back, the advice I gave then seems almost quaint. It was all about making sure your devices were charged up and you had a backup battery. These days disaster prep requires so much more.ย
Continue reading2021 was bookended by COVID. We started the year hoping that the pandemic would end and we could get back to some kind of normalcy. But, here we are. Not only does COVID remain at the forefront, with the Omicron variant it looks like the pandemic will continue to disrupt our lives well into 2022. People are tired of living their restricted life and with all the uncertainty. They want it to end. They want to return to normal, even if it’s a “new” normal. They question how much longer they can continue keeping their distance and wearing masks. Maybe they should ask their friends and family how they got through World War II. Oh yeah, the 1940s are now barely at the edge of living memory. How soon we forget.
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