This week is just crazy. In fact, my whole month is really crazy! It's the end of the month, February has a 29th day this year. My whole life I have been complaining that the month of February is...

Hello Dear Readers, Hope you don't forget coming back to this blog after all the festivities. Also, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for regularly visiting Daily Diabetic....

To all of you out there anywhere in the world... Have a merry Christmas and most importantly, enjoy your diabetes-friendly Christmas dinner. [In Photo: Christmas in the Philippines (Christmas Around...

I am no baker but I am a good cook. Relatively - at least I can whip up a a nice, good tasting dish without any problem even without following a written recipe. Sometimes it is better to cook food......

It's that time of the year again: parties at school, offices and homes in lieu of the holiday season. My weekend was extended because yesterday, my son attended his Christmas party at pre-school....

Imagine multiple finger pricks and daily insulin injections, that diabetics has to go through on daily basis, they must feel at some point that such constant therapeutic vigilance is a burden. Not to...

I have always thought of sugar substitute as more dangerous than sugar itself, a danger with respect to weight, metabolism and diabetes that is. One sugar substitute that has always been in the...

Type 1 diabetics have a malfunctioning pancreas - either not producing enough insulin or none at all to control blood sugar, thus making the individuals (usually young juveniles) dependent on insulin...

The nation's leading voluntary health organization supporting diabetes research, information and advocacy - The American Diabetes Association (ADA) - is strongly urging diabetes patients on the...

Diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain or diabetic nerve pain is characterized by painful symptoms like burning, stabbing or shooting pain in the feet and legs or hands and arms. This nerve condition,...

The other day I had an early morning chat with my neighbour and happened to discuss the case of a relative (50-ish of age) who has recently been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes: now having high blood...

The workplace rights of workers with diabetes has been a hot debate topic the last few weeks. Just what are your rights as a diabetic? Are you protected, or can your employer terminate you without...

It's happening all over: competent and trustworthy employees being fired for having diabetes. Employers claim it's a safety issue. It hardly seems possible that such discrimination could...

That was the question at a recent diabetes forum. The answer? It depends, but many feel daily testing is a waste of money and time. Daily glucose monitoring is a waste of time and money for the vast...

The threat is being called "crippling." As diabetes diagnoses increase every day, so do the costs of treating the condition. There seems to be no end to the increase, in both cases. This has...

If you possessed a gene that may lead to a painful and potentially deadly disease, would you want to know? Or would you prefer the peace of not knowing, and hope healthy living would be enough to keep...

In fact, many believe, it takes an entire society. One of the crucial elements in fighting and preventing--and perhaps even 'curing'--Type 2 diabetes is to reduce the intake of non-nutritional...

Recently, controversy erupted when the world found out that a 63-year-old woman is seventh months pregnant after using IVF to conceive. Although giving birth by women over 50 has increased 24(!) times...

All about diabetes...from the point of view of diabetes itself. A college professor penned this 'autobiography,' which serves to explain the conditions of diabetes in clear, straightforward...