General Health

Staying healthy is about more than just diabetes management. In this section, you’ll find answers to common general health questions. Want to know how to improve your sleep? How diabetes can affect your skin or hearing? How thyroid disorders or shingles relate to diabetes? It’s all here.

Health Care Without Crisis

September 6, 2007

“I’m sure lucky I got diabetes” is a phrase you’ll likely never hear. But “I’m sure lucky I got diabetes when I did” is something I’ve said in conversation a few times. I had the good fortune—if you want to call it that—to get diabetes at a time in my life when I was well-equipped to handle it not only emotionally and with good self-management practices right out of the gate, but also when I was fully employed with excellent health insurance benefits. Read More “Health Care Without Crisis”

Answering Reader Questions

August 29, 2007

I received many valuable comments on last week’s blog entry ("How the Medical System Hurts People With Diabetes"). I’m going to respond to a few of them today. Read More “Answering Reader Questions”

Addicted to Your Self-Management?

August 23, 2007

I planned on writing today’s blog entry about a program I’ll be volunteering for at the University of Michigan Medical School. It’s called the Family Centered Experience (FCE)—which, by the way, was cofounded and is directed by my endocrinologist, Dr. Arno Kumagai. It’s a wonderful way for medical students to gain an understanding of illness from the patient’s point of view. Read More “Addicted to Your Self-Management?”

How the Medical System Hurts People With Diabetes

August 22, 2007

Thanks to everyone for their comments on my last post ("Sicker Than Sicko"). I think we agree that no medical system is perfect. But countries with national health-care systems cover everyone. They focus more on management and prevention, and less on high-tech treatments of complications that should have been prevented. Read More “How the Medical System Hurts People With Diabetes”

Sicker Than Sicko

August 15, 2007

I’ve never liked Michael Moore’s movies much, but Sicko is way better than anything he’s done before. He really exposes the madness of our medical system. He does this partly with some horror stories about people who couldn’t get help. But, more importantly, he shows how they do it better in England, Canada, and France. Read More “Sicker Than Sicko”

Laugh With Me

August 9, 2007

I really need to laugh more. I just wrote an article on the healing power of laughter for Arthritis Self-Management, Diabetes Self-Management’s sister publication, and wow! I knew laughter was good for you, but I had no idea how good. It’s a wonder drug. I know I was saying the same thing about exercise a few weeks ago (“Let’s Get Moving”) but laughter is just as good. Read More “Laugh With Me”

Back From (Another) Trip

August 7, 2007

Just two more trips—both for fun and one with my husband, for once—and things may be back to whatever passes for normal at my house. Trips for fun, business, and to take care of family matters have kept us in "hello, goodbye" mode for much of the year, and definitely for the summer. Read More “Back From (Another) Trip”

Serving the Public: A Little Information Wouldn’t Hurt

July 31, 2007

I live on a one-lane dirt—no, make that mud—road with no sidewalk. No, I don’t live in the country; my house is well within city limits. And I kind of lied about the sidewalk: I do have one, but it’s in huge slabs tossed here and there with mounds of dirt. Or mud. Read More “Serving the Public: A Little Information Wouldn’t Hurt”

Article of the Week: Getting to Know Ketones

July 17, 2007

“Does anyone really know what a ketone is?” this article asks. “Are they a danger to your health (as in diabetic ketoacidosis), or a sign that you have lowered your carbohydrate intake enough to cause weight loss (as some people who follow low-carbohydrate diets believe)?” Read on to learn about how ketones can be related to diet or exercise, how to test for ketones, and how to deal with diabetic ketoacidosis.

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And remember that articles on a wide variety of diabetes topics are always available in our magazine archives section!

What We’re Reading: 10 Best Diabetes Web sites

June 28, 2007

This week, we’d like to direct your attention to HealthCentral.com‘s First Annual Top Site Awards, which recognize the 10 best Web sites dedicated to educating and supporting people with diabetes. We are proud to announce that, along with several other excellent sites (many of which have been featured in previous "What We’re Reading" posts), a panel of experts named DiabetesSelfManagement.com to this exclusive list.

You can read more about the awards and view the list of winners here. Read More “What We’re Reading: 10 Best Diabetes Web sites”

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