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Understanding Gestational Diabetes: Screening and Risk Factors
Pregnancy is a time of major change. One of the most common health issues that can appear during this time is Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM). This condition is defined as a high level of sugar in the blood that is first discovered during pregnancy. It affects between 3% and 14% of pregnancies in Canada, and...
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Automatic Insulin Delivery (AID) Systems for Type 1 Diabetes
People with type 1 diabetes have extremely low, or absent insulin levels. This usually occurs because their immune system attacks and destroys the insulin producing cells in their pancreas. Insulin is a crucial hormone that maintains the health of muscle and fat and prevents glucose levels from rising. In its absence, muscle and fat are...
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Diabetes Basics Series: Downloadable Booklet Now Available
A diagnosis of diabetes can be surprising, upsetting, and concerning. It immediately raises a whole series of questions, creates anxiety about the future, and a sense of uncertainty regarding the implications of this diagnosis. Many people also experience a wide range of emotions ranging from anger, shame, guilt, and frustration, highlighting an urgent need for...
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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...