Factors and Options to Succeed at Weight Loss
by DiabetesCare.net | Jan 27, 2016 | Weight Management
When weight loss is recommended for a person with pre-diabetes or type 2 diabetes, it may be confusing. What should you do to start losing weight and what are the options? In 2013, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) published an algorithm (process) for an individual and their healthcare team to help evaluate appropriate ways for...
Losing Weight: The Time is Now
by DiabetesCare.net | Jan 20, 2016 | Weight Management
If you took a poll asking people with type 2 diabetes what goal(s) they would like to achieve, many would respond that they would like to lose weight. Sadly, countless people struggle with weight loss. And in many parts of the world, it doesn’t help that there are endless options for cheap and easily accessible fast food, which honestly seems more...
Medically Supervised Weight Loss Programs: What to Expect
by DiabetesCare.net | Jan 13, 2016 | Weight Management
When some Americans are asked to choose between money and weight loss to make them happy, many will choose losing weight! Many people see being overweight as the reason why they are unhappy! As a result, many are willing to do anything to get to their “ideal weight”! Unfortunately, many of these same people have done many different things to lose weight...
Keys to Successful Weight Loss
by DiabetesCare.net | Jan 6, 2016 | Weight Management
For anyone who has tried to lose weight–myself included–we know it is easier said than done. Especially if we try to enforce an unrealistic goal where we say we want to lose a large amount of weight. Two recent systematic reviews (1,2) focused on the effectiveness of weight loss intervention for type 2 diabetes and the results were...
FDA Approves Two Insulins
by DiabetesCare.net | Oct 6, 2015 | Medicine Cabinet
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has surprised healthcare professionals when it recently announced the approval of both insulin degludec injection (Tresiba) and insulin degludec/insulin aspart injection (Ryzodeg) 70/30. The FDA refused to approve Tresiba and Ryzodeg two years ago, citing concerns about the drugs’ adverse cardiovascular effects....
In an Ever Expanding Pool of Diabetes Apps, One Drop Makes a Big Splash
by DiabetesCare.net | Sep 30, 2015 | All Things Tech
In my quest to discover new and exciting apps and devices that will help us manage our diabetes, it is not always possible to find something that stands out as unique. Fear not, fellow peeps with diabetes, One Drop has come to the rescue! Based in New York City, Informed Data Systems was founded in 2014 by Jeff Dachis. Himself a diabetic, Jeff’s mission...