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Food Log from dLife

Food Log from dLife Help your patients track what they’re eating and how their can affect their blood glucose levels with this daily food diary. Food Log (pdf) 

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Medic Shoes

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Medic Shoes  Medic Shoes™ are for people who suffer from diabetes-induced leg pain and circulatory problems. These comfortable shoes enhance peripheral circulation and increase blood flow, alleviating symptoms of poor peripheral circulation and neuropathy, including foot pain, burning, cramping, and tingling. The shoes can provide instant relief to these side effects, leading …

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Pancreatic Risks No Greater with Liraglutide

The treatment of type 2 diabetes with liraglutide didn’t lead to a greater rate of acute pancreatitis or pancreatic cancer compared with other anti-diabetic drugs in an interim analysis. The incidence rate for acute pancreatitis among patients receiving the GLP-1 analog was 187.5 per 100,000 person-years compared with 154.4 per …

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One Large Meal Daily for Diabetes Patients

A study by researchers at Linköping University in Sweden suggests that a single meal based on a Mediterranean diet is associated with better health outcomes than low-fat and low-carb diets split over three meals. Researchers quantified the effects of certain diets on blood glucose, blood lipids, and other hormones in …

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Exercise Not Effective in Preventing Holiday Weight Gain

Researchers followed 48 men and 100 women for the six weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. Half reported being serious, regular exercisers while the other half copped to being couch potatoes.People who were obese at the start of the study had the biggest increases in weight as well as …

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Risk Factors for Hypoglycemia and Strategies for Avoidance

Minimizing hypoglycemia in type 2 diabetes patients…. Hypoglycemia is a common problem among patients taking combinations of insulin and sulfonylureas and may be a limiting factor in diabetes therapy management. Hypoglycemia is defined by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) as a plasma glucose of 79mg/dL. (3.9mmol/L) or less; however most people …

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