Free Online Diabetes Workshop
By Web Team
Are you an older adult with diabetes? Then you may be interested in "Better Choices, Better Health — Diabetes," a free online workshop from the National Council on Aging.
Developed at Stanford University, the six-week sessions consist of about 25 people per workshop gathering on a dedicated Web site along with trained peer educators to make weekly action plans, problem solve, and take part in various self-tests and activities.
Participants are asked to log in at least three times a week at their convenience for a total of about two hours to access educational diabetes content through the Learning Cen...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - July 13, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Web Team Source Type: blogs
Further Evidence for Salsalate in Type 2 Diabetes
By Diane Fennell
The inexpensive anti-inflammatory drug salsalate, used to treat arthritis, lowers inflammation and blood glucose levels in people who have Type 2 diabetes, according to findings from stage two of the TINSAL-T2D study. Previous research has shown that inflammation plays a role in the development of Type 2.
Stage one of TINSAL-T2D (Targeting Inflammation Using Salsalate for Type 2 Diabetes), conducted by researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center, compared various doses of the medicine in 108 people with Type 2 diabetes for 14 weeks. In stage two, the scientists investigated the use of the medicine in 286 peop...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - July 12, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Diane Fennell Source Type: blogs
Prohibition
By Scott Coulter
My wife has been in Ohio for the past week, and one of my fill-in companions has been Netflix. There are a few shows we both want to catch up on, so I've avoided those series so we can watch them together when she returns. Instead, I've been browsing around in search of interesting fill-in material. And last night I came across Ken Burns' documentary on Prohibition in the US.
I've always been a sucker for documentaries, so I settled in for the night and watched most of the series. The central moral of the story, to me, was one of balance and moderation. All of the intertwined stories and conflicts that le...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - July 11, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Scott Coulter Source Type: blogs
Start With Three Drugs?
By David Spero
A new study says that people newly diagnosed with Type 2 can do better if they are immediately started on a three-drug combo. Does this make sense to you? Is it good science or bad medicine?
Muhammad A. Abdul-Ghani, MD, from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, presented the findings at the ADA Scientific Sessions in Chicago. The study enrolled 155 people with Type 2 diabetes. The average time after diabetes diagnosis was five months. None of them were taking diabetes medications at the beginning of the trial. Their average HbA1c was 8.6%.
Half the subjects got "conventional therap...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - July 10, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Spero Source Type: blogs
Miniwalks
This study reinforces the notion that physical activity that is spread out over the course of the day can be just as beneficial as, if not better than, one extended bout of exercise.
A new study takes the concept of shorter bouts of walking even further. Published late last month by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the study asked 70 healthy adults to sit for nine hours on three different days. On two of these days, participants were also asked to walk briskly for 30 minutes: on one day as a 30-minute bout before sitting for nine hours, and on the other day as 18 segments of one minute, 40 seconds each, breaking...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - July 10, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Quinn Phillips Source Type: blogs
"Normal": More Than a City in Illinois
By Jan Chait
There are still some kinks to be worked out, but things are slowly getting back to whatever passes for "normal" here.
Unfortunately, some are too slow. Lounging around in a hospital for a week tends to wreak havoc with strength — as in the upper-body strength I need to get on my scooter. It isn't all the way back yet.
Normally, I get onto my scooter by putting one hand on the seat, the other on the tiller, and lifting myself onto the seat. Normally. I've gotten to the point where I can get onto my scooter from some places — such as my desk chair — but not others.
The bathroom, for example,...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - July 9, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Jan Chait Source Type: blogs
A Tale of Two Sweeteners: Part 1 — Splenda
By Amy Campbell
Recently, I've received some questions and comments about artificial sweeteners, especially Splenda. So I thought I'd take this opportunity to write about Splenda and also to highlight a fairly new sweetener to the market called Nectresse (I'll do that next week).
Before I get started, I should mention that Splenda and Nectresse are two nonnutritive sweeteners manufactured by the company McNeil Nutritionals. McNeil Nutritionals is a Johnson & Johnson company and its mission is "to give people the ability to actively manage their own health." They also sell Lactaid (a line of lactose-free dairy products) and...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - July 8, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Amy Campbell Source Type: blogs
Diabetes Self-Management Magazine Available on Your Mobile Device!
By Web Team
Never be more than a tap away from Diabetes Self-Management, your trusted source of diabetes information, with our magazine app!
For more than 25 years, Diabetes Self-Management has been the premier source for news and information about controlling your diabetes. With just a tap of the finger on your iPhone/iPad, Google Play (Android) device, or Kindle Fire, you'll have access to all the trusted diabetes information from our magazine, plus links to online resources and valuable advertiser coupons and promotions! What's more, the Diabetes Self-Management Magazine App comes with a text-only view that makes rea...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - July 6, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Web Team Source Type: blogs
Vitamin D in Women With Diabetes
By Diane Fennell
The critical role that vitamin D plays in bodily functions such as bone growth and immune system regulation are well established. According to new research presented at the recent 73rd Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association, this nutrient may also help lift mood and lower blood pressure in women who have Type 2 diabetes and depression.
Women with Type 2 diabetes are known to have worse health outcomes than men, possibly due to depression, which affects more than 25% of women with diabetes. (Depression hampers a person's ability to take self-management measures, such as exercising and e...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - July 5, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Diane Fennell Source Type: blogs
How We Relate
By Scott Coulter
I read something the other day that got me thinking about the difference between obsessing over something and being aware of something. In our case, that something is diabetes, but it could be any number of things — our financial situation, relationships, other health matters, careers, you name it. It is so easy to fixate on the thing itself — on diabetes, on our job, on our relationship, etc. — and forget to pay much attention to the MANNER in which we are relating to it. And that’s unfortunate, because it is the manner of how we relate that most directly impacts how we feel, what ...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - July 4, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Scott Coulter Source Type: blogs
Going Nuts for Peanuts
This study, "Acute and second-meal effects of peanuts on glycemic response and appetite in obese women with high type 2 diabetes risk: a randomized cross-over clinical trial," was conducted jointly by Purdue University and the Federal University of Vicosa in Brazil. Such a long-distance collaboration couldn't have happened just a few years ago. It was published in the June 2013 edition of the British Journal of Nutrition.
The study not only showed reduced blood glucose levels, but also reduced appetite and food consumption for most of the day in people who ate peanuts or peanut butter. This was based on levels of satiety (...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - July 3, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Spero Source Type: blogs
Graze or Gorge?
By Quinn Phillips
Eating several small meals throughout the day, rather than three larger ones — sometimes referred to as grazing — has often been touted as a way to lose weight. In theory, eating in a way that results in a steadier stream of nutrients in the bloodstream could have several positive effects. Past studies have, in fact, found that grazing can lead to lower levels of insulin in people without diabetes as well as lower blood levels of cholesterol. But when it comes to weight loss in people with diabetes, a new study suggests than grazing may not be all that it's cracked up to be.
The study, present...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - July 3, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Quinn Phillips Source Type: blogs
The Pickle (Lover) Has Landed
By Jan Chait
Pickles. Yum. Sweet pickles. Dill pickles. Bread and butter pickles. Half sours. Pickled eggs, pickled garlic, and pickled okra (not all at the same time).
Yep. I'm home. Got back last Friday afternoon. My refrigerator already had pickles in it — although not all of the above. It will, by the end of the week, have pickled eggs in it, however.
One of my nurses told me he'd never seen a pickle on a patient's tray at the hospital I was in. Then why do they put pickles on the menu?
Why do hospitals do a lot of things? I had to request a chair so I could stop lounging around in bed and sit like a grown-up. S...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - July 3, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Jan Chait Source Type: blogs
Travel Tips for the Fourth of July
By Web Team
With the Fourth of July holiday coming up, many people are taking to the roads, rails, and skies for a getaway. If you'll be taking a trip this week, be sure to check out this article by registered nurse Carol L. Hernandez and this piece by diabetes blogger Kerri Morrone Sparling for tips on traveling with diabetes.
Have a safe and happy Independence Day!
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Source: Diabetes Self-Management - July 2, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Web Team Source Type: blogs
Prostate Cancer: Lowering Your Risk
By Amy Campbell
After I wrote last week's posting, I came across more information on how nutrition and diet may help lower the risk for prostate cancer, so I'll share that this week. But first things first.
How is prostate cancer diagnosed?
Prostate cancer may be diagnosed during a physical exam; specifically, a digital rectal exam, during which the doctor inserts a lubricated, gloved finger into the rectum to feel for lumps, bumps, hard areas, or anything else unusual on the prostate. If cancer is suspected, your doctor may be able to tell which side it's on and/or if it's spread.
The other way that prostate cancer may ...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - July 1, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Amy Campbell Source Type: blogs
