Category: In the News

Yahoo! News – Arkansas Governor Trims 100 Pounds

Interesting story …

MSNBC – Eyeball jewelry a new Dutch fashion trend

Eyeball jewelry a new Dutch fashion trend

Abbot Labs has acquired Therasense (makers of the Flash meter).

According to the press release, they are combining the two test units — Therasense and Medisense.

They have made a lot of changes to the website too.

Postprandial Insulin Lispro May Impair Long-Term Glycemic Control

Insulin Lispro is Humalog — it peaks at about 1 1/2 – 2 hours.

This is a discussion that comes up quite a bit on the insulin pumpers list. I’ve actually played with this — and haven’t seen any real change.

I would like to see what the time differences really are — since I’m a teacher, I tend to eat fast, unfortunately.

Tigers’ Johnson, a diabetic, pumped up to pitch today’s opener

This is pretty sad, actually.

Yahoo! News – ‘Wristwatch’ Monitors May Miss Low Blood Sugar

Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring Improves Metabolic Control in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

This is one of those things. I can tell you for a fact that my blood sugar readings go down when I do cardio exercise. Thus, I’m more apt to do them the next day.

Same thing happens if I eat the wrong food. I’ve been tending to avoid pure sugar foods unless I’m treating an about to be low, because I stay high for a long time.

Unfortunately, it costs around 80 cents every time you test. Before insurance.

Yahoo! News – Bloated Costs, Risk Cast Doubt on Stomach Stapling

Missed Mealtime Bolus Is Major Cause of Glucose Control Problems in Insulin Pump Therapy

Been there, done that. In fact, once today. It wasn’t that I forgot, I put it off.

Instead of studying why people get fat, someone is studying why people stay skinny.

Which reminds me, nothing is harder than living with a man who is 6″ tall, probably weighs 165 pounds since he has been recovering from a broken hip, and can wear every stitch of clothing he has ever purchased. In fact, he has two suits, both of which are over 20 years old.

And they look nice, since he wears them to weddings, funerals, and whenever someone thinks his picture ought to be in the annual report.

With a grant to study thin people, an endocrinologist seeks an answer to why most Americans are overweight.