With years of type 1 diabetes under my belt, 22 to be exact, I wanted to know how my husband felt about my health issues. This is especially important to me now that we’ve spent the last few years with …
Type 1 Diabetes: Diabetes Self Management in Flu Season
The crowd in the small Boston theater laughed and clapped. The comedy show was a good one, and I was enjoying it from a cramped seat in the balcony. It was October 29, a Friday, and while it was brisk …
Diabetes Health in The News: Congenital Heart Disease Increases Adult Type 2 Diabetes Risk
Researchers have recently found that patients over 30 years old with congenital heart disease are at an increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes. This Danish study analyzed about 5,150 individuals born between 1963-1980 who lived with congenital heart disease …
Living With Type 2 Diabetes: 5 Ways to Make the Most of 5-lb. Hand Weights
Have you ever been on a trip away from home and only had access to one set of weights or minimal equipment? My clients have asked me to help them make the …
AskNadia: Why Doesn’t Anyone Address the Huge Price Increase in Pumps Over the Last Decade
Dear Nadia:
Why doesn’t anyone address the huge price increase in pumps over the last decade? For my original Medtronic Paradigm pump 10 years ago, my insurance, Kaiser, paid 80 percent, so my share was less than $1,000. Today, an …
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Diabetes Health in the News: Exercise Could Improve Memory Skills
A new study has found that healthy adults that participated in aerobic exercise exhibited improved memory skills after cognitive training. These improvements were not witnessed in participants who just went through cognitive training without the aerobic exercise.
This study was …
Living With Type 1: NASCAR’s Ryan Reed Racing to Stop Diabetes
When he’s racing in NASCAR’s Xfinity Series, driver Ryan Reed keeps a close eye on his dashboard monitors, which track his blood sugar along with his car’s tire pressure, RPMs and water temperature.
Reed was told his racing career was
Diabetes Health in the News Podcast: Store-Bought Meals Are Healthier for Infants than Homemade
A new study regarding the health of infant meals has made a surprising discovery – homemade meals are often less healthy and more likely to lead to weight gain than store-bought options. While homemade meals tend to be more …
Living With Type 2: Short Walks May Work Best at Preventing Diabetes
Taking short walks every half hour could do more to reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes than a 30-minute walk every day, according to a new study.
The findings cement the idea that those with sedentary jobs should …