Month: December 2019
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Living
The T1 Female Heart: Managing Your Heart Disease
If you are living with heart disease, know that you are not alone. Over 30 million Americans have been diagnosed…
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Treatment
Dosing Insulin for Protein: When it Matters & Why
On Day 1 with diabetes, we’re taught to focus on carbohydrates when dosing our insulin — and for many, that…
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Living
The T1 Female Heart: Avoiding Heart Disease in Your Life
Women living with type 1 diabetes have a five times greater risk for heart failure than nondiabetic women. This excess…
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Treatment
Dosing Insulin for Dietary Fat: When it Matters & Why
Mmmm, there’s nothing quite as delicious as a high-carb, high-fat meal, right? If you took the fat out of cupcakes…
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Living
The T1 Female Heart: Why Women’s Hearts Are at Greater Risk
As a whole, people living with type 1 diabetes experience heart disease far more than even those suffering from type…
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Living
DiabetesSisters: Women Supporting Women with Diabetes
Everyone living with diabetes faces challenges. But women with diabetes are especially cursed with some unique obstacles. First and foremost,…
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Treatment
What’s in Your Pump? How to Choose the Right Insulin
When you are first diagnosed with diabetes, you have little say in what insulin your doctor puts you on. Typically,…
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Living
Type 1 Diabetes: How I Prepare for Flu & Stomach Bug Season
Stomach bugs (like Norovirus) and a real bout of the flu were never something I recall dealing with as an…
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Research
Heart Disease Risk Is Greatest in Women with Type 1 Diabetes
Heart disease kills more people in the developed world than any other condition. In America, about 1 in 5 women…
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