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How Habits Form (And What You Can Do About It!)
Is your afternoon cookie time a bad habit you want to break? A few weeks ago, the New York Times Magazine ran an intriguing article on product marketing called “Psst, You in Aisle 5.” Paralleling the...
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Who Said Bigger is Better?
By Nora Saul, M.S., R.D., C.D.E., Manager of Nutritional Services at Joslin It is not just insulin pumps that keep getting smaller and more intelligent. Researchers have started to experiment with...
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Metformin Recognized by ACP as Best Drug for Type 2
The American College of Physicians (ACP) recently released its new guidelines for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. After extensive review of the evidence, through a literature search spanning the...
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Get Off Your Chair and Lower Your Risk for Diabetes
Even standing at your desk for a few minutes at a time, instead of staying planted in your chair, can help keep your muscles active It’s not a secret that many of us don’t get enough exercise and that...
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When Diets Fail: Gastric Reduction Surgery
This is week one of a three-week series on gastric surgery. Here’s a hypothetical: You are obese, you have multiple medical problems and you have tried every diet under the sun, stars and moon without...
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When Diets Fail: Bypass Surgery
This is a continuation of yesterday’s piece titled “When Diets Fail” Reduction/Malabsorptive Reduction/malabsorptive surgeries alter the way food flows through the intestines, sometimes forcing the...
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Operation or Modification?: Weight Loss and Diabetes
This is the final post in a three-week series on gastric surgery. When you’re overweight with type 2 diabetes losing weight isn’t just a desire—it’s part of your recommended care. Insulin resistance...
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More Than Pill Dispensers: How Your Pharmacist Can Help Your Diabetes
Despite what those pharmacy commercials exemplifying the close patient pharmacist team tell us, most of us have limited interaction with our druggist. We drop off our prescriptions at one window and...
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May is “Exercise is Medicine” Month!
You’ve heard that when you have diabetes, keeping active is a huge part of your treatment. But do you know why? Exercise increases glucose uptake and helps your body use the glucose better for between...
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Your A1C, and What You (And Your Doctor!) Should Know
A chart showing A1C and the typical corresponding average blood sugar levels | From the ADA Website The A1C is a powerful tool for both patients and physicians. It can be used to diagnose both diabetes...
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