Connecting Your Continuous Glucose Monitor to Your Smartphone

| Diabetes For Patients Connecting Your Continuous Glucose Monitor to Your Smartphone This post was reviewed by our Director of Clinical Excellence and Oversight. Do you live with diabetes? If so, you’ve probably heard about, or even considered using, a Continuous...

How Does Exercise Help Diabetes?

| Diabetes For Patients How Does Exercise Help Diabetes? This post was reviewed by our Director of Clinical Excellence and Oversight. Exercise. We’ve talked about it in this blog. Your doctor has probably recommended it. You may even be doing it. Many people with...

Managing Your Blood Pressure

| Diabetes For Patients Managing Your Blood Pressure This post was reviewed by our Director of Clinical Excellence and Oversight. Blood pressure (BP) is one of the most familiar metrics in healthcare. Most people have had their blood pressure taken dozens of times in...

How to Identify and Treat Bedsores

| For Patients Wound Care How to Identify and Treat Bedsores This post was reviewed by our Director of Clinical Excellence and Oversight. If you use a wheelchair or spend a lot of time in bed, you may be at risk of developing a bedsore. Bedsores, also known as...

Diabetes and Your Mental Health

| Diabetes For Patients Diabetes and Your Mental Health This post was reviewed by our Director of Clinical Excellence and Oversight. If you’ve ever felt frustrated, or even fed up, with managing a medical condition such as diabetes that may be with you forever, you...

Incontinence and Men: What You Need to Know

| For Patients Incontinence Incontinence and Men: What You Need to Know This post was reviewed by our Director of Clinical Excellence and Oversight. The topic of incontinence may not come up when a group of older men get together, but chances are at least one guy in...

Post-Surgery Do’s and Don’ts

| anesthesia For Patients healing recovery surgery Post-Surgery Do’s and Don’ts This post was reviewed by our Director of Clinical Excellence and Oversight. Whew! That surgery that’s been on your mind is finally over. Concerns about anesthesia, being in the...

Understanding the Role of Carbs in your Diet

| A1C blood sugar carbohydrates Diabetes For Patients glucose Understanding the Role of Carbs in your Diet This post was reviewed by our Director of Clinical Excellence and Oversight. Has your doctor advised you to eat fewer carbohydrates (carbs)? Maybe your A1C—a...