She Sugar to Moderate Diabetic Connect Twitter Chat
I’m super excited for the opportunity to moderate a Twitter chat for Diabetic Connect every Tuesday at 9p.m. EST starting November 4th for Diabetes Awareness Month! The hashtag for this...
Hemoglobin A1c Target Tighter in Kids with Type 1 Diabetes
New recommendations for Hemoglobin A1c targets from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) are out, and yes – they’re lower. With 3/4’s of pediatric patients already missing the apparently inflated goal...
Medtronic Paradigm Insulin Pump Safety Notification
Medtronic releases a safety notification for Paradigm insulin pump users. Loose drive support caps may spur issues with insulin overdosing and resultant hypoglycemia. They suggest customers never push in a...
Clotting Disorders and Celiac Disease
Heading into uncharted territory is a new study by Lerner et al – “The thrombophilic network of autoantibodies in celiac disease”. Prior to this research, the clotting factors antiphosphatidylserine/prothrombin and...
Sorghum May Be a Safe Grain for Celiacs
If you are feeling grain deprived there is good news emerging from a recent study titled “Sorghum, a Healthy and Gluten-free Food for Celiac Patients As Demonstrated by Genome, Biochemical,...
Invokana – FDA Approves New Diabetes Medication
Invokana is a new medication on the market whose primary target is type 2 diabetes. Invokana works in a clever way, helping to eliminate extra sugar from the body. Current...
Type 1 Diabetes and Gut Bacteria, a Study
Regardless of the small sampling in this study the results do point to differences in gut bacteria between children with and without diabetes. It makes me think- acidophilus for everyone! ...
Babies Consuming Gluten Have Lower Rates Of Celiac Disease
If you look back and think, “I wish I had never given my child gluten as a baby” perhaps you can drop the guilt. This Swedish study presents an unlikely...
Digest This- Medications for Celiac Disease
Given the opportunity to eat anything you wanted (along with a pill or vaccine) would you dare? Those living with celiac disease would find it hard to even visualize visiting...