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: It appears that you are currently using Ad Blocking software . What are the consequences Click here to learn . more About Me My Photography Blog My Writings Contact Me Diabetes Update : Meter Research September 1, 2005 By David Mendosa Tweet Click Image To Enlarge Two Ducklings , One Kitten My most recent articles : are Recent Research Reports Whatever you think about the American Diabetes Association , you have to admit that this rather conservative organization sponsors conventions where thousands of scientists present the latest research on everything related to diabetes . There is nothing of the kind larger than its 65th Annual Scientific Sessions in San Diego this summer . It included 55 abstracts dealing with blood glucose testing . Especially interesting were four presentations
: It appears that you are currently using Ad Blocking software . What are the consequences Click here to learn . more About Me My Photography Blog My Writings Contact Me Diabetes Update : Is INGAP a Cure Number 37 May 15, 2002 By David Mendosa Tweet This newsletter keeps you up-to-date with new articles , columns , and Web pages that I have written . I list and link most of these on my Diabetes Directory at www.mendosa.com diabetes.htm From time to time Diabetes Update may also include links to other Web pages of special interest . My most recent contribution is : on May 15, 2002 INGAP Peptide When a company better known for its soap than its pharmaceutical products invests in a promising cure for diabetes , it's big news . Particularly when the company is Procter Gamble , famous for Tide 
: It appears that you are currently using Ad Blocking software . What are the consequences Click here to learn . more About Me My Photography Blog My Writings Contact Me Diabetes Update : Native American Diabetes Number 38 June 3, 2002 By David Mendosa Tweet This newsletter keeps you up-to-date with new articles , columns , and Web pages that I have written . I list and link most of these on my Diabetes Directory at www.mendosa.com diabetes.htm From time to time Diabetes Update may also include links to other Web pages of special interest . My most recent contribution is : on June 3, 2002 Native American Diabetes Too often in my early work experience I didn't quite fit . When I worked in the Bureau for Africa of the U.S . Agency for International Development , my skin wasn't dark enough .
It appears that you are currently using Ad Blocking software . What are the consequences Click here to learn . more About Me My Photography Blog My Writings Contact Me Diabetes-Sight Site Number 42 August 1, 2002 By David Mendosa Tweet This newsletter keeps you up-to-date with new articles , columns , and Web pages that I have written . I list and link most of these on my Diabetes Directory at www.mendosa.com diabetes.htm From time to time Diabetes Update may also include links to other Web pages of special interest . My most recent contributions are : on August 1, 2002 Diabetes-Sight I'm sure that every one of you gets an annual eye exam . You are the elite , those people who control their diabetes . Unfortunately , the hoi polloi are different . I was shocked when I heard that less than
: It appears that you are currently using Ad Blocking software . What are the consequences Click here to learn . more About Me My Photography Blog My Writings Contact Me Diabetes Update : Trans Fat Number 46 October 4, 2002 By David Mendosa Tweet This newsletter keeps you up-to-date with new articles , columns , and Web pages that I have written . I list and link most of these on my Diabetes Directory at www.mendosa.com diabetes.htm Sammy Mendosa From time to time Diabetes Update may also include links to other Web pages of special interest . My most recent contribution is : Trans Fat Sometimes what the experts tell us to eat is wrong . Very occasionally they will admit their mistake and tell you that what you were doing before they butted in was fine . No , I’m not talking about the high
: It appears that you are currently using Ad Blocking software . What are the consequences Click here to learn . more About Me My Photography Blog My Writings Contact Me Diabetes Update : Nutrition.Gov Number 47 October 16, 2002 By David Mendosa Tweet Rick and His Cockatiels This newsletter keeps you up-to-date with new articles , columns , and Web pages that I have written . I list and link most of these on my Diabetes Directory at www.mendosa.com diabetes.htm From time to time Diabetes Update may also include links to other Web pages of special interest . My most recent contribution is : on October 15, 2002 Nutrition.Gov Cynics are the best investigative reporters . I’m not cynical , and that's probably why I have only one real exposé to my credit in all my years in journalism . I’m not
: It appears that you are currently using Ad Blocking software . What are the consequences Click here to learn . more About Me My Photography Blog My Writings Contact Me Diabetes Update : Our Kidneys Number 49 November 15, 2002 By David Mendosa Tweet Catching Lions Serengeti Plain , Tanzania , 1968 This newsletter keeps you up-to-date with new articles , columns , and Web pages that I have written . I list and link most of these on my Diabetes Directory at www.mendosa.com diabetes.htm From time to time Diabetes Update may also include links to other Web pages of special interest . My most recent contribution is : Our Kidneys Just call me Pollyanna . You are probably younger than I am , so you may be too young to know that Pollyanna is a children’s classic by Eleanor H . Porter published in
: It appears that you are currently using Ad Blocking software . What are the consequences Click here to learn . more About Me My Photography Blog My Writings Contact Me Diabetes Update : A1c Number 50 December 2, 2002 By David Mendosa Tweet My Little Chimp Friend Upcountry Liberia , 1971 This newsletter keeps you up-to-date with new articles , columns , and Web pages that I have written . I list and link most of these on my Diabetes Directory at www.mendosa.com diabetes.htm From time to time Diabetes Update may also include links to other Web pages of special interest . My most recent contribution is : on December 2, 2002 A1c The folks who sponsor the Diabetes A1c Initiative failed to ask for my support , so I will try to help with what I write about it . The campaign features a team of
: It appears that you are currently using Ad Blocking software . What are the consequences Click here to learn . more About Me My Photography Blog My Writings Contact Me Diabetes Update : Diabetes Searches with Google Number 51 December 16, 2002 By David Mendosa Tweet This newsletter keeps you up-to-date with new articles , columns , and Web pages that I have written . I list and link most of these on my Diabetes Directory at www.mendosa.com diabetes.htm From time to time Diabetes Update may also include links to other Web pages of special interest . My most recent contributions are : Diabetes Searches with Google I think that you know that I try to stay positive . But when it comes to the Google search engine , I don’t have to try . It’s so good that my review in my About the Internet”
: It appears that you are currently using Ad Blocking software . What are the consequences Click here to learn . more About Me My Photography Blog My Writings Contact Me Diabetes Update : e-Patients Number 52 January 2, 2003 By David Mendosa Tweet Our Garden This newsletter keeps you up-to-date with new articles , columns , and Web pages that I have written . I list and link most of these on my Diabetes Directory at www.mendosa.com diabetes.htm From time to time Diabetes Update may also include links to other Web pages of special interest . My most recent contributions are : e-Patients Like it or not , we are all rapidly becoming e-Patients . That’s shorthand for patients who use the Internet to gather information about the condition that they hire doctors to treat . And the doctors often
: It appears that you are currently using Ad Blocking software . What are the consequences Click here to learn . more About Me My Photography Blog My Writings Contact Me Diabetes Update : Email News Number 53 January 16, 2003 By David Mendosa Tweet Rafting down the Green” River This newsletter keeps you up-to-date with new articles , columns , and Web pages that I have written . I list and link most of these on my Diabetes Directory at www.mendosa.com diabetes.htm From time to time Diabetes Update may also include links to other Web pages of special interest . My most recent contributions are : Email News In my current column on the Web site of the American Diabetes Association I come close to giving away the big secret of how I keep up-to-date on diabetes developments . The column covers
: It appears that you are currently using Ad Blocking software . What are the consequences Click here to learn . more About Me My Photography Blog My Writings Contact Me Diabetes Update : Third-Generation Meters Number 54 January 31, 2003 By David Mendosa Tweet Typical California Sunset This newsletter keeps you up-to-date with new articles , columns , and Web pages that I have written . I list and link most of these on my Diabetes Directory at www.mendosa.com diabetes.htm From time to time Diabetes Update may also include links to other Web pages of special interest . My most recent contributions are : Third-Generation Meters The third generation of blood glucose meters is here . These meters check our blood glucose level continuously . The payoff is much better control than we have ever
: It appears that you are currently using Ad Blocking software . What are the consequences Click here to learn . more About Me My Photography Blog My Writings Contact Me Diabetes Update : Hypoglycemic Supplies Number 55 February 14, 2003 By David Mendosa Tweet At the Headwaters of the Nile This newsletter keeps you up-to-date with new articles , columns , and Web pages that I have written . I list and link most of these on my Diabetes Directory at www.mendosa.com diabetes.htm From time to time Diabetes Update may also include links to other Web pages of special interest . My most recent contributions are : Hypoglycemic Supplies When you get an insulin reaction , you often feel so miserable that you want to treat it as fast as possible . But if you overtreat it , you run the risk of
: It appears that you are currently using Ad Blocking software . What are the consequences Click here to learn . more About Me My Photography Blog My Writings Contact Me Diabetes Update : Vitamins Number 57 April 1, 2003 By David Mendosa Tweet This newsletter keeps you up-to-date with new articles , columns , and Web pages that I have written . I list and link most of these on my Diabetes Directory at www.mendosa.com diabetes.htm From time to time Diabetes Update may also include links to other Web pages of special interest . My most recent contribution : is Take Your Vitamins and Minerals For most people the greatest effect of taking supplements of vitamins and minerals may be expensive urine . But not for people with diabetes . Researchers at two universities in North Carolina studied
: It appears that you are currently using Ad Blocking software . What are the consequences Click here to learn . more About Me My Photography Blog My Writings Contact Me Diabetes Update : Lancets Number 58 May 1, 2003 By David Mendosa Tweet This newsletter keeps you up-to-date with new articles , columns , and Web pages that I have . written I list and link most of these on my Diabetes Directory at www.mendosa.com diabetes.htm and in the site’s menu . From time to time Diabetes Update may also include links to other Web pages of special interest . M y most recent contributions : are Advances in Lancets Lancets have been the undervalued step-child of the blood glucose meter business . Not any more . In this article I offer my sincere appreciation for the brand new BD Ultra-Fine 33 Lancets
: It appears that you are currently using Ad Blocking software . What are the consequences Click here to learn . more About Me My Photography Blog My Writings Contact Me Diabetes Update : Accurate Meters Number 59 June 1, 2003 By David Mendosa Tweet Enough Cats This newsletter keeps you up-to-date with new articles , columns , and Web pages that I have . written I list and link most of these on my Diabetes Directory at www.mendosa.com diabetes.htm and in the site’s menu . From time to time Diabetes Update may also include links to other Web pages of special interest . M y most recent contributions : are Accurate Meters Why do you think that the major meter manufacturers boast of the fast speed and small sample size of their blood glucose meters Do you suppose that it is because they don’t
: It appears that you are currently using Ad Blocking software . What are the consequences Click here to learn . more About Me My Photography Blog My Writings Contact Me Diabetes Update : Chromium Number 60 July 1, 2003 By David Mendosa Tweet Arthur and Gus—Good Friends This newsletter keeps you up-to-date with new , articles columns , and Web pages that I have . written I list and link most of these on my Diabetes Directory at www.mendosa.com diabetes.htm and in the site’s menu . From time to time Diabetes Update may also include links to other Web pages of special interest . M y most recent contributions : are Chromium : Perhaps Good , Perhaps Harmful Honestly , now , how many of you have ever bitten the hand that feeds you You haven’t It’s not a civilized thing to do and only wild
: It appears that you are currently using Ad Blocking software . What are the consequences Click here to learn . more About Me My Photography Blog My Writings Contact Me Diabetes Update : Traveling with Insulin Number 61 August 1, 2003 By David Mendosa Tweet This newsletter keeps you up-to-date with new articles , columns , and Web pages that I have . written Along our Garden Path I list and link most of these on my Diabetes Directory at www.mendosa.com diabetes.htm and in the site’s menu . From time to time Diabetes Update may also include links to other Web pages of special interest . M y most recent contributions : are Traveling with Insulin It’s not too late to start thinking about a summer vacation . In fact , if you can swing it , the best time might be after Labor Day , when the
: It appears that you are currently using Ad Blocking software . What are the consequences Click here to learn . more About Me My Photography Blog My Writings Contact Me Diabetes Update : My Book Number 62 September 1, 2003 By David Mendosa Tweet My First Book Written Together with Jennie Brand-Miller and Kaye Foster-Powell This newsletter keeps you up-to-date with new articles , Web pages—and books—that I have written . I list and link most of these on my Diabetes Directory at www.mendosa.com diabetes.htm and in the site’s menu . From time to time Diabetes Update may also include links to other Web pages of special interest . M y most recent contributions : are What Makes My Blood Glucose Go Up And Down I’m listed as the third of three authors . But , hey , you’ve got to start somewhere ,
: It appears that you are currently using Ad Blocking software . What are the consequences Click here to learn . more About Me My Photography Blog My Writings Contact Me Diabetes Update : Home A1C Testing Number 64 November 1, 2003 By David Mendosa Tweet This newsletter keeps you up-to-date with new articles , Web pages , and books that I have . written I list and link most of these on my Diabetes Directory at www.mendosa.com diabetes.htm and in the site’s menu . From time to time Diabetes Update may also include links to other Web pages of special interest . M y most recent contributions : are Home A1C Testing When I think about how much time , effort , and blood when into writing my major article this month , I sometimes wish that I could have been paid for it . It was more than six
: It appears that you are currently using Ad Blocking software . What are the consequences Click here to learn . more About Me My Photography Blog My Writings Contact Me Diabetes Update : Detemir Number 65 December 1, 2003 By David Mendosa Tweet This newsletter keeps you up-to-date with new , articles Web pages , and books that I have . written I list and link most of these on my Diabetes Directory at www.mendosa.com diabetes.htm and in the site’s menu . From time to time Diabetes Update may also include links to other Web pages of special interest . M y most recent contributions : are Insulin Detemir It was five years ago that I started to learn about the next hot new insulin to hit the market . It isn’t here yet , but its time is nigh , and I think that it was worth the wait . If you now
: It appears that you are currently using Ad Blocking software . What are the consequences Click here to learn . more About Me My Photography Blog My Writings Contact Me Diabetes Update : Erectile Dysfunction Number 66 January 1, 2004 By David Mendosa Tweet This newsletter keeps you up-to-date with new articles , Web pages , and books that I have . written I list and link most of these on my Diabetes Directory at www.mendosa.com diabetes.htm and in the site’s menu . From time to time Diabetes Update may also include links to other Web pages of special interest . M y most recent contributions : are Erectile Dysfunction Before Viagra burst on the scene eight years ago , they called it impotence . Now it is merely erectile dysfunction , since it is a function that can usually be restored . If
: It appears that you are currently using Ad Blocking software . What are the consequences Click here to learn . more About Me My Photography Blog My Writings Contact Me Diabetes Update : Dreamfields Pasta May 1, 2004 By David Mendosa Tweet Yours Truly This newsletter keeps you up-to-date with new articles , Web pages , and books that I have written . I list and link most of these on my Diabetes Directory at www.mendosa.com diabetes.htm and in the site’s menu . From time to time Diabetes Update may also include links to other Web pages of special interest . M y recent contributions : are Dreamfields Pasta Spaghetti , linguini , and macaroni are among the greatest contributions of Italian cuisine to the American diet , rating right up there with pizza and espresso . Yet this pasta is one of
: It appears that you are currently using Ad Blocking software . What are the consequences Click here to learn . more About Me My Photography Blog My Writings Contact Me Diabetes Update : Cholesterol June 1, 2004 By David Mendosa Tweet Yosemite Falls This newsletter keeps you up-to-date with new articles , Web pages , and books that I have written about diabetes . I list and link most of these on my Diabetes Directory at www.mendosa.com diabetes.htm and in the site’s menu . From time to time Diabetes Update may also include links to other Web pages of special interest . M y recent contributions : are Cholesterol , Diabetes , and the Statins Most people with diabetes also have high cholesterol and high blood pressure . These are three of the components of the so-called Syndrome X or
: It appears that you are currently using Ad Blocking software . What are the consequences Click here to learn . more About Me My Photography Blog My Writings Contact Me Diabetes Update : Meter News Column July 1, 2004 By David Mendosa Tweet This newsletter keeps you up-to-date with new articles , Web pages , and books that I have written about . diabetes I list and link most of these on my at Diabetes Directory and in the site’s menu . From time to time Diabetes Update may also include links to other Web pages of special interest . M y recent contributions : are Meter News Column : Strip Costs I am delighted to report that I am again writing a regular column for a diabetes publication . This is my third go at columnizing . Between 1997 and 2003 I reviewed diabetes-related Web sites for
: It appears that you are currently using Ad Blocking software . What are the consequences Click here to learn . more About Me My Photography Blog My Writings Contact Me Diabetes Update : Pill Splitting August 1, 2004 By David Mendosa Tweet Keep Your Chin Up With permission of Graham Jeffery This newsletter keeps you up-to-date with new articles , Web pages , and books that I have written about . diabetes I list and link most of these on my at Diabetes Directory and in the site’s menu . From time to time Diabetes Update may also include links to other Web pages of special interest . M y recent contributions : are Pill Splitting When several months ago I wrote the article on pill splitting for the July issue of Diabetes Wellness News it was of general interest . I didn’t think that it would