The Skinny on Agave Syrup

The holiday season always makes it painfully clear just how much sugar we as a society consume. Even things that sound like they’d otherwise be healthy, like the butternut squash casserole I made for Thanksgiving, where the recipe called for a who…

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The 10 Best Yoga Poses for Travelers We love to travel for so many reasons: Exploring different cultures, taking a break from our inbox, and actually relaxing a little are just a few. One part we don’t particularly enjoy? Feeling super cramped and uncomfortably sandwiched between strangers (who somehow always seem to have a very unhappy baby or a hacking cough) on long flights, train rides, or road trips. While we can’t help with your unfortunate seatmates, we can offer a way counteract all that sitting. The following yoga poses help relieve an achy back, open up hip flexors, and even provide a mini-workout while you’re...
Betting Our Lives on Guesses How many diseases do you know of where patients are required to calculate exact dosing, up to half-a-dozen times a day, of a medicine so potent that mistakes could literally knock them out or kill them? I hate to be fatalistic, but after a few ser......
ANNOUNCING: Our 2012 D-Moment Holiday Sweepstakes Winners! The results are in for our 2012 DiabetesMine D-Moment Holiday Sweepstakes!We asked PWDs everywhere to share, in a few sentences, their big "aha!" diabetes moment of 2012, as in: What struck you hardest this year, in that you learned or observed s......
24 Tricks to Survive Hot Summer Nights (Without AC) When summer comes to mind, we almost always focus on picnics, days lounging on the beach, and tasty iced drinks. But hot weather has a gnarly side too. We’re talking about the real dog days of summer, when intense heat and humidity make it impossible to sit comfortably, let alone sleep through the night. The obvious solution for cool, calm, and REM-ful sleeping is an air conditioner: These modern gizmos can keep a bedroom at the optimum sleep temperature (roughly between 60 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit), plus provide some nice white noise to boot. But even small window units...
Echo’s Symphony: Another Attempt at CGM Through the Skin Last week I learned of yet another company, Echo Therapuetics out of the Boston area, that is developing a transdermal continuous glucose monitoring system for people with diabetes. Naturally that means a non-invasive monitor that takes constant r......