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Archive for the ‘Clinical Practice’ Category
How can I be part of the clinical trial of the Islet Sheet?
July 9th, 2012
Questions e-mailed to me here at The Sheet most often concern clinical trials of the Islet Sheet: typically, “When will they start?” and “How can I be part of the trial?” To answer the first: they will start when we have proven that the Islet Sheet works in large-animal models of autoimmune diabetes. I am [...]
What to Eat for DiaBeat
April 16th, 2012
The algorithms that fill my computer and iPhone screens long ago figured out that I have diabetes, or at least I am very interested in it. Aside from diabetes books and blood sugar supplies, it seems the next level of ads are promoting foods that help diabetics. Some ads imply that a new herb from [...]
Damn Hemoglobin A1C
November 22nd, 2010
In the past six months my HbA1c has gone up from 7.4 to 7.7. And I am certain my control is better. My readers managing autoimmune diabetes (T1D) may well be sputtering at my blasphemy. We are told: Be a good diabetic and get your HbA1c below 7. And 8 is dangerous! There are good [...]
