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Research Corner: Ending the A1C Blame Game
Published on December 26th, 2013 | by Claresa Levetan MD, FACE When glucose sensors first became available in clinical trials some 2 decades ago, I decided to wear a sensor to compare my glucose levels as a non-diabetic individual with glucose levels of my patients. I...![DiabetesMine from AmyT: Tweaking My Basals, with Protein Tips](https://i0.wp.com/www.diabetesmine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Food-Math.png?resize=517%2C83)
DiabetesMine from AmyT: Tweaking My Basals, with Protein Tips
By AmyT on February 20, 2014 I’ve started working with Gary Scheiner’s Integrated Diabetes Services (diabetes education) practice again, in the hopes of rescuing what has been a pretty poor autumn/winter in Blood Sugar Land for me. (Don’t ever think that just because...![About Fingersticks (DiaTribe)](https://i0.wp.com/closeconcerns.box.com/shared/static/zo4sburbeyepawv40met.jpg?resize=746%2C789&ssl=1)
About Fingersticks (DiaTribe)
“Daddy, I don’t want to go any higher. Can we give the roller coaster some insulin?”![What is your definition of an advocate?](https://i0.wp.com/thesavvydiabet.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/stockfresh_3058079_3d-small-people-succor_sizeS_cf4f53-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1)
What is your definition of an advocate?
Officially, dictionaries define an advocate as a person who speaks or writes in support or defense of a person, cause, etc. But an advocate is so much more than that. To begin with, an advocate is someone who identifies with a need, an issue. They can see a problem,...What Do Your A1c Test Results Really Mean?
Catherine Price | February 23, 2014 The hemoglobin A1c test, as we all know, is supposed to give a sense of your average blood glucose levels over the past three months. But here’s a question for you: have you ever tried to figure out what those average blood glucose...![Type 2 Diabetes Treatments May Benefit People with Type 1 Diabetes](https://i0.wp.com/asweetlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Type-2-Diabetes-Treatments-May-Benefit-People-with-Type-1-Diabetes.jpeg?resize=600%2C400)
Type 2 Diabetes Treatments May Benefit People with Type 1 Diabetes
Recent breakthroughs in type 2 diabetes treatments promise new treatment options for type 1 diabetics. Navigating this world of new, and apparently improved drugs, however, is anything but simple or straightforward. Less than 20 years ago, the only thing type 1 and...![Offending ‘Miss Manners’](https://i1.wp.com/inspiredbyisabella.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/BGCheck.jpg?resize=768%2C576)
Offending ‘Miss Manners’
My mother used to be terrified that, if I took an injection in public, the police would come to arrest me first and ask questions later. She wanted me to “do it” in private … but I just refused. February 21, 2014 Earlier this week advice columnist...Joanne Milo Interviewed by Gina at JDRF – TypeOneNation
This year is most exciting for me, as I’ve just published my first book called The Savvy Diabetic: A Survival Guide, which offers tips, tools, and techniques for diabetics to “survive” the medical system, travel, family life and simply coping. The idea for the book...![SUPPORT H.R. 3710: Medicare CGM Coverage Act, PLEASE!!!](https://testguessandgo.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/sample-letter.png?w=807&h=903&resize=526%2C590)