A 21-year-old man has died after being shot 11 times while riding the subway in Philadelphia and the suspect is still on the run.
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Man dies after being shot 11 times on subway as suspect is still on the run
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Roughly 80% of L.A. city workers report being vaccinated ahead of Saturday deadline
December 18, 2021By
Los Angeles city employees must show they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or are seeking a medical or religious exemption by Saturday.
Durham probe offers fresh support for man who has long denied being ‘dossier’ source
November 12, 2021By
An indictment in the investigation into how officials probed Donald Trump’s ties to Russia has raised new questions about the sourcing of the Steele dossier.
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Not Enough Glucose Strips Being Prescribed or Underinsured?
September 20, 2021By
By Nadia Al-Samarrie
Years ago, when I had my Sugar Happy Diabetes store in San Francisco, It was cheaper for me to buy blood sugar test strips from a company in Ohio than the company that produced them in my backyard. They purchased them from France and resold to me at $ 16.00 a box for 50 test strips. Their price includes a wholesale markup.
Locally I paid $ 28.00 for a box of 50s. This upset me. How can glucose blood sugar strips sell in France, wholesale in the U.S to two distributors, be 43% cheaper than the manufacturer a few hours away from me?
Later that year, I read an article in the Wall Street Journal that discussed this exact topic- reporting how manufacturers caught on to international distributors by evaluating a country’s diabetes population. Then, they started sending enough blood glucose test strips to meet that country’s demand, leaving them with no surplus to ship back to the U.S.
We have come a long way since then. When test strips were expensive, people with diabetes had to limit how many they could purchase. Even though they preferred testing more, dispelling that notion that people with diabetes just did not test enough. Fortunately, today there is an abundance of low-cost glucose test strips for people with diabetes. Just google any pharmacy near you.
Ascensia Diabetes Care- the makers of CONTOUR® NEXT BGM and test strips conducted a study to understand the glucose test strips market and what people with Type 2 diabetes believed about the cost of testing their blood sugar.
I interviewed Jonathan Frank – Marketing Manager at Ascensia, to discuss the results of their study. You can listen to the 16-minute podcast to hear what their research determined.
Do you have enough test strips for your blood sugar tests? If not, why? Your feedback will stay anonymous if we share it with the diabetes community.
As always- I wish you the best in health.
Nadia
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Medication Approved for Diabetes Being Tested for Treatment of Cocaine Use Disorder
July 31, 2021By
With overdose rates involving cocaine soaring nearly 27% in 2020, researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) hope that a clinical trial combining a medication approved for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can help prevent relapse in cocaine use disorder patients.
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For Ed Buck’s victims, being believed was the first mountain to climb
July 30, 2021By
The victims of Ed Buck, who was convicted in the overdose deaths of two Black men, say it felt like no one believed them.
Crystal clear: Lepidopterans have many ways of being transparent
July 13, 2021By
Breakthrough article reveals multiple mechanisms for wing transparency in butterflies and moths; shows that wing transparency has evolved multiple times in lepidopterans.
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Diabetes Health Type 1: A Penchant for Being in the Great Outdoors
July 3, 2021By
By Claire M. Lynch
Drew Peel was 20 years old and working on a job site temporarily in North Dakota when he was increasingly thirsty and having frequent urination including at night, had a large appetite then had a sudden loss of appetite.
After he passed out on the job site his buddies took him to the Emergency Room. He spent four days in the Intensive Care Unit then the physician sat down with him and explained his diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes.
“He said that my blood sugar level was 690 and my A1C was 16.8,” Drew says. “I was shocked because there is no family history of diabetes at all. Plus I didn’t know the symptoms of Type 1 back then.”
Drew’s doctors started him on insulin in the hospital and he met with a staff dietitian.
Today Drew’s A1C is much lower. He doesn’t use a pump or a Continuous Glucose Monitoring system but he checks his blood sugar levels at least three times a day to be sure that he’s on track. He takes 36 units of Basaglar every morning and three shots of Humalog a day.
He counts his carbohydrates and adds, “Now I have everything memorized. I pretty much know how certain foods affect my blood sugar levels.”
Drew, who is 29 and a lifelong resident of Utah, works a busy full-time job in an auto parts store. He always brings his lunch and snacks with him so he’s prepared. “Lunch may be a ham and cheese sandwich with a side of fruit and some carrots,” Drew says. “Dinner normally is pork with broccoli or green beans and red potatoes. I’m allergic to chicken and turkey.”
Last year he stopped drinking diet soda and these days he drinks Gatorade Zero, Powerade Zero or water.
Drew and Angie married almost two years ago and when they have some free time they enjoy going away to a family cabin in a different part of Utah.
In the nice weather he likes to do some fishing on the Provo River. Drew notes, “After working inside all week I like being in the great outdoors.”
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Being born very preterm or very low birthweight is associated with continued lower IQ performance into adulthood
June 1, 2021By
The average IQ of adults who were born very preterm (VP) or at a very low birth weight (VLBW) has been compared to adults born full term. Researchers have found VP/VLBW children may require special support in their education to boost their learning throughout childhood.
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‘Close call with death’: Lady Gaga’s dog walker recounts being shot and thanks supporters
March 1, 2021By
Ryan Fischer, shot as he resisted being robbed of Lady Gaga’s French bulldogs last week, posted a long statement on Instagram describing the attack.
