Diabetes Self-Management Blog
Amy Campbell

At Risk for Stroke? Diet Can Help

According to the National Stroke Association, stroke, or “brain attack” is the third leading cause of death in the United States. But you might consider some of the following dietary steps, which may help you lower your risk of stroke…

David Spero

Are Statins for You?

A huge new American study found that older women who use statin (cholesterol-lowering) drugs have a 48% greater chance of developing Type 2 diabetes. So should women take these drugs? What about women who already have diabetes? What about men?

Diane Fennell

Good News for Chocolate Lovers

Just in time for the holidays, new research shows that chocolate consumption may have a beneficial effect on the heart and brain…

Diane Fennell

Seven Steps for a Long Life

Taking seven lifestyle steps can add ten years or more of healthy living to the average lifespan and save billions of dollars in reduced health-care costs, according to cardiologist and past president of the American Heart Association Clyde W. Yancy, MD…

Diane Fennell

Combo Diabetes and Cholesterol Pill Approved

On October 7, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Juvisync, a combination pill composed of the diabetes drug sitagliptin (brand name Januvia) and the cholesterol-lowering drug simvastatin (Zocor). The medicine, developed by Merck, the first treatment to address Type 2 diabetes and cholesterol in one tablet…

Amy Campbell

Seven Little-Known Steps for Lowering Your Blood Pressure

Diabetes is very much like a numbers game, isn’t it? At Joslin Diabetes Center, where I work, we pretty much drill into people the importance of “knowing their numbers”, including A1C, blood pressure, cholesterol, and microalbumin…

Amy Campbell

Listen Up: Here’s How to Lower Your LDL

Amy Campbell

Blasted Belly Fat: Types of Fat

David Spero

Cats or Dogs — Which is Healthier?

David Spero

Why Stop Smoking?

Diane Fennell

Eat Fiber Now to Avoid Heart Disease Later

David Spero

Touch as Medicine

Diane Fennell

Lowering Heart Disease Death Risk With Fruits and Veggies

Diane Fennell

Many Delay Calling 9-1-1 in Spite of Heart Attack Symptoms

Diane Fennell

Low Testosterone May Increase Early Death Risk

Diane Fennell

Lifestyle Changes Lower Heart Risk Over Long Term

Diane Fennell

Lack of Sleep Increases Type 2, Heart Disease Risk

David Spero

Beyond Diet and Exercise

Diane Fennell

FDA Panel Issues Recommendation on Avandia

David Spero

Controlling Blood Pressure

David Spero

Eggs and Dairy Now “Heart Healthy”

Diane Fennell

New Aspirin Recommendations Released

Diane Fennell

Processed Meat Linked With Type 2 and Heart Disease

Diane Fennell

Low A1C Not to Blame for ACCORD Death Rate; Questions Remain

Diane Fennell

Bran Reduces Deaths from Heart Disease

Diane Fennell

Chocolate Reduces Heart Risks, New Study Suggests

Diane Fennell

Coffee Linked With Lower Stroke Risk

Diane Fennell

New Research on Statins

Diane Fennell

Tight Glucose Control and Heart Risk

Diane Fennell

Reducing Stroke and Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Diane Fennell

Drugs and Lifestyle Versus Surgery for Heart Disease

Diane Fennell

Cardiovascular Risk Decreased by Intensive Lifestyle Intervention

Diane Fennell

Affordable Drug Combo Slashes Heart Risk by As Much As 80%

Eric Lagergren

My Cholesterol, My LDL, and That Statin Dose

David Spero

Is Weight Good for You?

David Spero

Tight Control OK if You Want It

Diane Fennell

Research on Rosiglitazone

Amy Campbell

Food Group Superfoods: Protein Foods (Part 8)

Diane Fennell

New Findings on Cardiovascular Risk

Diane Fennell

A Triglyceride–Neuropathy Connection?

Diane Fennell

Does DASH Prevent Heart Failure?

Amy Campbell

CoQ10: A Supplement Whose Time May Have Come

Tara Dairman

Fibrate Drug May Lower Heart Risks in Some

Amy Campbell

Are You Doing Your Part for Your Heart?

Amy Campbell

Essential Fatty Acids: What You Need to Know (Part 4)

Tara Dairman

Does Aspirin Do Much Good?

Tara Dairman

Zetia May Help Protect Arteries in Type 2’s

Tara Dairman

Fibrate Drug Alone Doesn’t Cut Heart Risks for Type 2’s

Tara Dairman

Drug Combo Linked to Increased Health Risks

Tara Dairman

Tight Control and Cardiovascular Disease (Part 3): VADT

Amy Campbell

The Ups and Downs of Meds and Diabetes (Part 3): Blood Lipids

Tara Dairman

Tight Control and Cardiovascular Disease (Part 2): ACCORD

Amy Campbell

The Ups and Downs of Meds and Diabetes (Part 2): Blood Pressure

Web Team

What We’re Reading: Tim Russert

Tara Dairman

Tight Control and Cardiovascular Disease (Part 1): ADVANCE

Tara Dairman

Two Lipid Drugs May Be Better Than One

Tara Dairman

Keeping the Weight Off

Tara Dairman

ADVANCE Study Contradicts ACCORD Findings

Tara Dairman

The ACCORD Trial Findings: What You Should Know

Tara Dairman

Cholesterol Drug Can Now Treat Type 2

Tara Dairman

Vytorin Study Results Disappoint

Amy Campbell

Shaking the Salt (Part 4)

Tara Dairman

Study Finds New Risks for Avandia

Amy Campbell

Shaking the Salt (Part 1)

Tara Dairman

Actos Tops Avandia in Heart Safety Studies

Jan Chait

Bits and Pieces of This and That

Amy Campbell

Super Fruits: Can One a Day Keep the Doctor Away?

Tara Dairman

New Research Focuses on Blood Pressure Control (Part 2)

Tara Dairman

New Research Focuses on Blood Pressure Control (Part 1)

Jan Chait

The "Heart" of Diabetes: More Than Just Blood Glucose

Tara Dairman

Two Standard Blood Tests May Get an Overhaul

Tara Dairman

Panel Recommends That Avandia Stay on the Market

Amy Campbell

Good News for Chocolate Fans

Tara Dairman

Lipid-lowering Drugs Help Avert Neuropathy, Stroke

Tara Dairman

Type 2 Drug Avandia Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Attacks

Tara Dairman

Article of the Week: Preventing Coronary Heart Disease

Amy Campbell

Fabulous Fish Oil Findings: Part 3

Amy Campbell

Fabulous Fish Oil Findings: Part 2

Amy Campbell

Fabulous Fish Oil Findings: Part 1

Amy Campbell

Troublesome Triglycerides (Part 2)

Amy Campbell

Troublesome Triglycerides (Part 1)

Amy Campbell

Zinc and Diabetes

Amy Campbell

Lowering Cholesterol: What Works and What Doesn’t (Part 2)

Tara Dairman

What We’re Reading: More on Depression, Diabetes, and Heart Disease

Amy Campbell

Lowering Cholesterol: What Works and What Doesn’t (Part 1)

Tara Dairman

What’s For Breakfast? Whole Grains and Calcium!

Joe Nelson

Depression, Diabetes, and Heart Disease

Amy Campbell

Ironing It Out: Linking Diabetes with Iron Intake

Amy Campbell

Oil Changes: The Final Chapter

Tara Dairman

New Guidelines for Lowering Women’s Heart and Stroke Risks

Amy Campbell

Oil Changes: Part 2

Tara Dairman

Article of the Week: Heart Attack

Andy Stuckey

Diabetes: An Ass-Kicking Woman?

Amy Campbell

Juice vs. Fruit: What’s Better for Diabetes?

Tara Dairman

How Much of a Risk Factor is Ethnicity?

Tara Dairman

Nation’s First Trans Fat Ban Approved

Tara Dairman

Statin Studies Show Important Benefits for People With Diabetes

Tara Dairman

Joslin Launches Free Online Diabetes Videos

Tara Dairman

Proposed Trans Fat Ban and Calorie Listing Sparks Debate

Tara Dairman

Studies Find Benefits for Fish and Omega-3 Consumption

Tara Dairman

Flu Shot Especially Important for People with Cardiovascular Disease

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