New and interesting questions were presented this week during my diabetes teaching sessions and I would like to share them with you. You may have read these stories in the recent headlines but let’s review them as I did in practice with my patients.
Every day we make simple choices and hopefully some of them can promote health in a positive way. Let’s examine a few things we can easily change in our daily lives to accomplish this and may even reduce your blood sugars.
It is important for you to keep up to date and constantly acquire knowledge about your diabetes and related information in the diabetes world. […]
Having diabetes can put you at greater risk for other health issues such as hypertension or high blood pressure. This week during a diabetes teaching session I treated a patient who weighed over 400 pounds and was upset that he was just diagnosed with elevated blood pressure. We had a discussion about blood pressure that I […]
The country has recently been hit with some tough weather including tornadoes and flooding. We are hopeful that as the summer season progresses, more sunshine will be available for outdoor activities. Skin care is especially important when you have diabetes since sun burn can be even more difficult to treat, due to reduced healing capabilities. Being […]
The summer season can bring a relaxed feeling to our everyday lives whether we have diabetes or not. School is out for a number of weeks and family vacations become more frequent. We tend to spend more time outdoors and often cook on the grill. We would like to offer you some tips to boost your […]
This article is part two in a series on Spring Into Action. To catch up, please read part one.
Last week I re-shared a few tips about daily diabetes management that can never be discussed too often. As with most lessons learned, you may pick up something new each time […]
Do you remember growing up and studying for the weekly Friday spelling quiz? You would receive the word list on Monday; each night you would spring into action, review them and then get tested by your parents. On Friday morning on the way to school you would have your last mock quiz before the real one; […]
I always try to keep you up to date with diabetes information whether it concerns medications, food, diabetes trends or studies. Our goal at ADW is to improve your quality of life by making you more conscious and aware.
I put together a few interesting pieces of information which hopefully will be of interest to you and […]
My patients are the ones who inspire many of the newsletter topics. If it is on their minds there is a good chance that you may be thinking about these topics as well. This weeks patient education sessions were informative and several patients were focused on “belly fat and stress eating.” Let me share the points […]