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I recently wrote a post about an article in the Washington Post on the rising cost of diabetes medication and how being healthy could benefit both the health of your body and your finances. Not two days later another article talks about the rise in the number of diabetes cases. Both articles have a startling and equally scary reality. This rise has been 100% over the last 10 years (7 years for the rise in cost). Here is a breakdown by state... Continue reading

Posted under Diabetes, General Health, Healthcare

Yesterday morning and I heard something that got my attention. The news story was discussing the cost of diabetes medication. According to the story between 2001 and 2007 the price of diabetes medication has more than doubled. It went from 6.7 billion in 2001 to... Continue reading

Posted under Cancer, Diabetes, Healthcare

I am not addicted to sweets, but I do find myself having a sweet tooth every now and then. When I became a diabetic I thought the days of tasting anything sweet were long gone. Over time I developed strategies to overcome the limitations of not being able to ingest a lot of sugar. This usually involved the use of artificial sweeteners, such as, Aspartame or Splenda. But we are beginning to find out as we have more data, that artificial sweeteners aren't all they are cracked up to be. Then I was introduced to a natural sweetener that has been a serious life improvement for me... Continue reading

Posted under Diabetes, Nutrition

As a diabetic one of the things I must watch out for is strokes or aneurysms, etc. When diabetes is not controlled it can wreak havoc on the small blood vessels in our organs. This can over time cause those blood vessels to hemorrhage and this can manifest itself in a variety of ways... Continue reading

Posted under Diabetes