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Diabetes Basics Part 9: Diabetes Care is Preventive Care
I began this 9-part blog series on diabetes by describing how a healthy individual maintains normal glucose levels. I then focused on the basics of diabetes. To review, diabetes is a chronic disease that develops when the body can no longer maintain normal glucose levels. The high glucose levels can make you feel unwell. Over...
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Diabetes Basics Part 8: What Tools Can Effectively Lower Glucose Levels?
Several blogs on this platform discuss the role of modest changes in diet, physical activity, weight, and the benefit of CGM for achieving good glucose levels. These represent the foundation upon which an optimal regimen can be built, and like any foundation, it needs to be firm. Other blogs discuss specific glucose lowering drugs. This...
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Encapsulating Islets to Outsmart the Immune System
Islet cell transplantation is a treatment option for some individuals living with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). However, lifelong suppression of the immune system is required to prevent it from attacking the transplanted islets. Because suppressing the immune system can lead to other health problems, researchers are exploring ways to “hide” transplanted islet cells from the...
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