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Support for dealing with diabetes and related topics
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Question about insulin vial
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My insulin is getting low in the vial. So my question is... How do you get the dregs of the insulin into the vial? Or will their always be waste? Now that I am using the shorter needles, there would be less waste, I assume. If I were still using the longer ones, I think I would have reached the... more »
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Can high BG cause swelling?
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Since starting on the new insulin, my BG has been very spiky. No lows but sometimes normal to near normal numbers before dinner. Twice, I had numbers close to 500 (including before going to bed last night) and once it was something like 537. So, not liking that. But I have also noticed weird... more »
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Muscle cramps
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What vitamin/mineral imbalances are usually associated with muscle
cramps? I have regular, frequent leg cramps at night and I have hand
and lower arm cramps during the day if I do any strenuous work such as
trimming a hedge. I am a 79 year old white male who has been in very robust health most... more »
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Why T2 ?
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NF-Kappa Beta, Inflammation, and Metabolic Disease
Cell Metabolism, Volume 13, Issue 1, 11-22, 5 January 2011
Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
10.1016/j.cmet.2010.12.008
Authors
Rebecca G. Baker, Matthew S. Hayden, Sankar Ghosh... more »
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NSD
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Not Suitable for Dinner
Free series :
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Gut Microbiota Composition and Activity in Relation to Host Metabolic Phenotype and Disease Risk
Cell Metabolism, Volume 16, Issue 5, 559-564, 7 November 2012
Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.... more »
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Iron Binding Drug For Limb Wounds
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Drug That Binds Iron Could Be a Godsend For Stubborn Limb Wounds
Aug 22, 2009
Deferoxamine, a drug already FDA-approved for the treatment of
disorders related to excess iron in the blood, may help doctors heal
stubborn leg and foot wounds in people with diabetes. Scientists at
the Stanford University School of Medicine and the Albert Einstein... more »
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Quitting Insulin,etc.
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As a relatively new insulin user, I have a couple questions, maybe
someone here can share their experiences?
What are the effects on your test readings after going off insulin after
using it for a few weeks? months? years? Has anyone had any hypos that they did not anticipate and what was the... more »
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