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Traveling With Diabetes: 11 Tips To Make It Easy For You
Posted on 4. September, 2010.
Traveling with diabetes requires preparation both before and during your trip. Here are 11 tips to help you make sure your diabetes doesn't interfere with the pleasures of...
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Insulet Corporation to Present at Upcoming Investor Conferences
Posted on 3. September, 2010.
BEDFORD, MA, Sep 01, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Insulet Corporation (NASDAQ:PODD) , the leader in tubing-free insulin pump technology with its ...
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Potentially Fatal Errors with Certain Glucose Test Strips (October 2009)
Posted on 1. September, 2010.
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Health happenings: Aug. 31
Posted on 31. August, 2010.
Send information about free or low-cost health-related events open to the public one week ahead of publication. Information can be e-mailed to jmorreale@bradenton.com. Listings are due 10 days in advance.
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rawBella TV raw Bella discusses diabetes raw food childhood obesity
Posted on 29. August, 2010.
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Diabetes linked to Alzheimer's
Posted on 29. August, 2010.
People with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes are more likely to develop plaques in the brain associated with Alzheimer's disease, researchers in Japan reported on Thursday.
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Potentially Fatal Errors with Certain Glucose Test Strips
Posted on 29. August, 2010.
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Giving Up Gluten To Lose Weight? Not So Fast
Posted on 28. August, 2010.
The autoimmune reaction can also cause skin rashes, chronic fatigue, bone and joint pain, neurological problems, liver problems, diabetes, infertility in ...
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Diabetic's mom has school plan in place
Posted on 25. August, 2010.
Keeping kids with Type 1 diabetes medically safe in school requires a team effort among families, health care providers and school staff.
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My fiance' is a type 1 diabetic and I need a little help.?
Posted on 24. August, 2010.
He's 33 and has had type 1 for 10 years. He also was recently diagnosed with Gastroparesis which brings on bouts of vomiting, dehydration and before he was diagnosed, DKA. He was hospitalized many times throughout, but now since we know what is going on and now that he has a bout of the Gastroparesis again, he decided to try and stick it out at home where I would try to nurse him back to health. I check his blood glucose 3-4 times a day, giving him his humalog and lantus at night, but tonight for some reason the glucometer's strips (a Prestige smart system) would not work. I would prick his finger and put enough blood on the strip, however with this strip you are supposed to wait for the other side of the strip to turn completely blue prior to adding it into the meter. 4 times I did this having to prick him multiple times and yet the strip would not turn blue. I finally decided to try it on myself with a clean lancet and it came back 91 which is normal for a non-diabetic. I'm worried that it's not seeping through because he is dehydrated and yet he refuses to go to the doctor (we are in much debt). However, I'm not doctor and if there are any physicians or diabetics that have had this experience, I would really appreciate the help. Also, he hasn't eaten in about 4 days, hardly has gotten out of bed, but he has been drinking a whole lot of water and small amounts of gatorade. Thanks. Well, we live in the Bahamas and we have 2 hospitals where one takes 1 grand at the door to get in the ER or wait 6 hours sitting on the floor in the Public hospital without any attention. So, please don't judge. The Prestige strips is the only one he can afford (35US$) as the Freestyle lite's strips cost 75 dollars so you can understand why this is so when you have to buy 80$ Lantus and 50% Humalog. We usually go to our GP who gives him fluids via an IV which helps. He also takes Motillium meds for the vegus nerve to be stimulated and that has helped a great deal. Please don't call us stupid. I have taken him to the hospital over 10 times in the past year for this and if you lived in the Bahamas you would be well under debt especially if you don't have any health insurance (no one will take him). Anyway, update: He is doing much better today, keeping all liquids down and eating broth. Blood glucose has been good as well with a little humalog (for sliding scale) here and there.