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Table of Contents - February 2008 / March 2008

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Features

  • Elliott Yamin
    Mary Milewski chronicles the meteoric rise of one of American Idol’s most successful also-rans, singing sensation Elliott Yamin. She follows Yamin’s journey as he takes to the road to launch his performing career and push for greater diabetes awareness.

Columns

  • My Own Injection
  • My Side of the Meter

Living Well

  • Halle Berry's Miracle
  • ADA Approves Low-Carb Diets
    Mary Milewski chronicles the meteoric rise of one of American Idol’s most successful also-rans, singing sensation Elliott Yamin. She follows Yamin’s journey as he takes to the road to launch his performing career and push for greater diabetes awareness.
  • How I Developed "Mad Eye"
    Laura Plunkett discusses how the urgency of managing a child’s diabetes often imbues parents with magical eyesight and powerful new senses.
  • Society Wants Kids to Be Fat!
    Does the consumer environment conspire to make kids fat? It sure looks like it.
  • It's Not Bad To Be Double blind
    Why double-blind tests are science’s "gold standard" for assuring the accuracy and reliability of drug and treatment tests.
  • Cruise the Caribbean With Olympian Gary Hall
    A low-cost cruise next December with plenty of people in the same (diabetic) boat could be a great way to cure winter blues.
  • What You Should Know About Type 2 Medications
  • An Appeal to Insulin Manufacturers!
    As readers relate their potentially fatal doses of the wrong insulin, Editor-in-Chief Scott King throws a challenge at insulin manufacturers: Start coloring your bottles.
  • Clinical Trials Ignore Too Much
    Drug trials often ignore other outcomes, including quality of life, in focusing solely on blood sugar control.
  • Resources for Mastering Low Blood Sugar
    How "hypo-drills" can save a spouse’s life.
  • Shouldn't Everything Just Click?
    An interview with Amylin’s Craig Eberhard.
  • Continuous Monitoring is Here!
    How much does the Dexcom CGM device cost?
  • Resources for Mastering Foot Care
    Birgitta Rice gives sound advice on diabetic foot care.
  • After All These Years
    Gertrude "Blondie" Fran, 93, has lived with type 2 diabetes for more than 40 years, attributing her success in managing it to her diabetologist son-in-law, Dr. Aaron L. Vinik, and her love of music and books.

Technology Today

  • Up & Pumping
    We asked what improvements you want to see in insulin pumps and you answered – in one of the heaviest responses we’ve ever enjoyed to an editor’s query.

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