“My father was diagnosed with diabetes when I was in college,” Ngoma says. “But I did not think I was going to get it. I mean, I was a soccer coach and playing soccer, and I was running and doing so many thi
To avoid your own personal sugargeddon and to be able to eat whatever you want without having to do exercise to burn off its sugar, please read this article, do as much of the protocol as you can manage and let us know how you did. The cure has had a 100% success rate for people...
Right now, millions of people around the world use Libre’s continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology to manage their diabetes — a true breakthrough in the healthcare world, and the world at large. In 2022, the Galien Foundationnamed FreeStyle Libre technology the best med-tech innovation...
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The evolution of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) over the past decade has been one of the greatest diabetes management advancements of my lifetime (so far). Knowing my glucose level with a glance at a screen used to be something of my dreams. Today it’s real. And now it's in th...
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Without using a CGM, there was simply no way for a person to know how much their blood glucose was changing from the foods they ate. But, as subsequent CGM research showed, energy levels, emotions, and food cravings are important clues about what is happening inside our metabolic ...
Common complications of diabetes that can really change a family’s life include: Eye problems leading to blindness Kidney disease that can lead to needing dialysis Nerve damage, which can effect how well you can get around and cause a lot of pain ...
Your doctor might use A1C, or glycated hemoglobin, as a benchmark of your longer-term control. Normal A1C levels are under 5.7%, while a diabetes diagnosis can come at 6.4%. If you have diabetes, your target A1C to lower the risk of complications may be under 7%. An A1C value of 7%...
Critical care, like many healthcare areas, is under a dual assault from significantly increasing demographic and economic pressures. Intensive care unit (ICU) patients are highly variable in response to treatment, and increasingly aging populations mean