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Transportation Security Administration (U.S.) Free iOS/Android  One often overlooked challenge which faces our patients is traveling with their medications. Getting through airport security with their medications (as well as their sanity) intact requires some careful preparation ahead of time. The U.S. Transportation Security Adminstration (TSA) provides an app with detailed …

If you attended the recent AADE meeting in Orlando and stopped by to visit our booth, you would have had an opportunity to meet with the developer and provider of our Diabetes In Control PreDiabetes Screening Test Kit. This simple mail-away test has already helped hundreds of people determine that they …

Diabetes is a huge and growing problem, and the costs to society are high and escalating. Europe has the highest prevalence of children with type 1 diabetes. The Top 5 countries for prevalence in Europe are: Turkey, Montenegro, Macedonia, TFYR, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. To find out more, follow …

I met a patient last Wednesday who had just turned 74 and has been living with type 1 diabetes for over 35 years. He was in fantastic physical condition. However, he had been referred to me because his glucose levels were becoming erratic. We went over his insulin use and …

Rudy Bilous, MD, FRCP Richard Donnelly, MD, PHD, FRCP, FRACP   Modern management of type 1 diabetes comprises a package of measures including multiple daily injections for a more physiological insulin replacement; assessment of glycaemic control using blood glucose self-monitoring as well as clinic tests such as glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c); insulin dosage …

Diabetes Drug Empagliflozin (Jardiance) SGLT-2 Inhibitor Available in Pharmacies See this week’s Item #10. 

12 Best Fiber Foods  Carbs raise blood sugar but fiber can moderate that rise. Fiber comes with a host of other health benefits as well besides the fact that fibrous food is more satiating. Here is a list from dLife of 12 foods high in fiber to provide to your patients …

Calorie Counting Machine  General Electric is working on a calorie counting device that could make dieting easier. The device uses microwaves and scales to measure food. It’s placed over a plate and then shows how much energy is in any particular meal. The researchers commented, "If we have the weight …

Nipro Diagnostics received FDA approval for two of its self-monitoring blood glucose systems. The monitoring systems will be available through retail, mail and distribution channels beginning in the fourth quarter under partner brands or under Nipro Diagnostics’ own TRUE brand, the company said.