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Table of Contents - June 2007 / July 2007
Previous Issues
Features
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Mr. Universe
From fifty-pound weakling to veritable Sampson, Doug Burns has taken type 1 diabetes to the heights of success. But when the police took him for drunk during a low blood sugar episode, the pepper spray came out and Mr. Universe went down. We have his story of success and his tale of tribulation. -
Why Does Insulin Cost So Much?
It’s all a matter of patents, potions, and profits. We untangle the money, law, and science that’s made generic insulin a no-show in the marketplace. -
CGMs & Meters
Checking blood sugar has never been so easy. We’ve mustered up a myriad of meters, and our chart lays them out to help you make a wise choice. We also monitor continuous glucose monitors, the cat’s meow in the quest for control.
Columns
- My Own Injection
- Letters to the Editor
Living Well
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After All These Years
- Gladys’s life has been anything but dull! She talks about her adventurous 84 years with diabetes.
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Humor
- Joe Klemann describes life in the funny lane, complete with leaky pipes and ouchthathurtsphobia. It’s a hilarious trip from start to finish.
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Kids
- Laura Plunkett provides a warm and sensible lesson in how to keep your type 1 teenager on your side when self-care issues run up against the adolescent drive for autonomy.
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Pig Islet Pioneer
- Dr. Bernhard Hering zeroes in on xenotransplantation
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Type 1
- Stem cell treatment frees fifteen type 1 patients from insulin. Is it a hope for a cure or just a hyped-up invasive experiment with no future?
- Pig islets success story: They’re still producing insulin ten years after inplantation in type 1 man, much to the surprise of scientists.
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Type 2
- Doctors and pharmaceutical companies: Mutually beneficial arrangement or unholy allliance? Pharma companies pay doctors to educate other doctors about drugs, but what’s the trade-off?
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People Are Talking
- Diabetes Burn-Out: How to keep on keeping on when nothing you do seems to work.
- The articles that wouldn’t fit: Here’s a listing of the great stories appearing exclusively on our website.
Food for Thought
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Recipe
- Chicken of Love: A delicious recipe with a Mediterranean slant.
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Food News
- News from JAMA: How the Big Four diet plans stack up against each other when it comes to weight loss and metabolic effects.
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Nutritional Research
- Hard data about soft drinks.
Technology Today
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Meters
- One man’s sojourn with a continuous monitor: The straight story on what it’s really like starting out with this potentially life-changing technology.
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Up & Pumping - Or Not?
- Our readers give their insights into the pros and cons of insulin pumping.
A1Chuckles
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Diabetes Health
Diabetes Health is the essential resource for people living with diabetes- both newly diagnosed and experienced as well as the professionals who care for them. We provide balanced expert news and information on living healthfully with diabetes. Each issue includes cutting-edge editorial coverage of new products, research, treatment options, and meaningful lifestyle issues.
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Topics
- Diabetic / Diabetes Health
- Type 1 / 1.5 Diabetes
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Blood Glucose / Sugar
- High/Low Blood Sugar / Fast Acting Glucose
- Insulin- Pumps, Pens & Syringes
- Continuous Glucose Monitors, CGM, Infusion Sets
- Type 2 Medications
- Hyperglycemia
- Hypoglycemia