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Dear Nadia, The cost of insulin is making it difficult for me to manage my type 2 diabetes. Is there a generic or biosimilar insulin that is cheaper than my Lantus? Anne, Dear Anne, As a former owner of a diabetes store, I use to sell insulin for $20.00 a vial before the designer insulin came to market. Today’s insulin costs make me feel helpless
Read morehttps://media.blubrry.com/diabeteshealthpodcast/p/www.diabeteshealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Oct-6_-2015_-7_39_51-PM-2.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadClick here to listen to today’s Diabetes Health in the News Podcast! A new study suggests that when a family history of obesity is present, people may believe that their genes doom them to become obese. For this reason, many people seem to “give up” and make poor food decisions, believing that their DNA has already predetermined their fate.
Read morehttps://media.blubrry.com/diabeteshealthpodcast/p/www.diabeteshealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Sep-8_-2015_-3_52_26-PM.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadClick here to listen to the audio version of Diabetes Health In The News Researchers have found that the genetic testing of babies diagnosed with diabetes can be beneficial for treatment. Genetic testing could provide doctors with important information on how to best treat diabetes. It can also provide insight into other genetic issues that the baby might
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When it comes to diabetes, people often blame the patient instead of the disease. I cannot think of another chronic illness for which this is the case. Much of the public seems to believe that we bring diabetes on ourselves. When people with diabetes are diagnosed with complications, uninformed observers often insist that it happened because they were “bad diabetics.” Comments like “She didn’t take
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