Diabetes and your Heart
Reviewed by Di Bush, PhD Unfortunately, people with diabetes are more likely to have a heart attack than people without diabetes. But there are five simple steps you can take [ Read more ]
2014
Blood Fats: Taming Your Triglycerides
By Amy Campbell, MS, RD, CDE Your health care provider has probably talked to you about your cholesterol level, and if it’s high, there are many ways to help bring it down. [ Read more ]
Heart Disease and Your Emotions
By Martha Funnell, MS, RN, CDE You have probably seen it in a movie or on TV: someone gets very angry and suddenly has a heart attack. While it makes a great story, the [ Read more ]
Some tweaks in what you eat can improve cholesterol
Reviewed by Robert Ehrman, MD Having diabetes means you are more likely to get or have heart disease-especially if you have type 2 diabetes. One way to reduce your risk of, [ Read more ]
Men and Women: Heart to Heart
By Janis Roszler, RD, CDE, LD/N Both men and women benefit from making healthier food choices, becoming more active, losing some weight and, if needed, taking medicines to [ Read more ]
An Aspirin a Day: An Easy Way to Improve Heart Health?
Reviewed by Robert Ehrman, MD If you have diabetes, you may take an aspirin each day as a way to help prevent heart attacks and strokes. But the guidelines developed by the [ Read more ]
Don’t be a Diabetes “Nudnik”
Do you talk your diabetes with everyone you see? Do you often give health advice to friends and family? Do they hate it when you do that? You might be on your way to becoming [ Read more ]
What Does it Take to be a Diabetes “Mensch”?
Every once in a while, I will throw a Yiddish word into the mix when nothing else will do. Welcome to the word “Mensch.” Literally, it means “person,” [ Read more ]
Blood Glucose and Insulin
Checking Your Blood Glucose Reviewed and updated by Di Bush, PhD, Jan 1. 2014 Q: WHY SHOULD I MONITOR MY BLOOD GLUCOSE? A: Checking your blood glucose gives you the [ Read more ]
Diabetes Induced Dry Eye
You may know that high blood glucose levels over the years can lead to nerve damage and heart disease. You may also know that diabetes can damage the retinas in your eyes. [ Read more ]
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