Health & Wellness

Mar 22, 2021

New Year, New Diabetes Questions

By Roberta Kleinman|2023-12-05T11:12:23-05:00Updated: March 22nd, 2021|Diabetes Management, Diet & Nutrition|0 Comments

It’s a new year and hopefully you are actively setting up new and realistic goals concerning your diabetes. Diabetes self-management can be challenging, but it is the only way to make sure you reduce your future complications and live a healthier life. Diabetes remains a “life-long disease”, yet diabetes self-management classes are still not considered mandatory […]

Feb 4, 2021

Your Blood Sugar Readings: Be a Detective!

By Roberta Kleinman|2022-02-23T17:50:53-05:00Updated: February 4th, 2021|Diabetes Management, Diet & Nutrition, Fitness & Diabetes, Type 1|0 Comments

It is easy to understand why your blood sugars spike high after eating 2 or 3 sugar coated donuts when you have diabetes. Too much empty sugar from cookies, candy and pies lead to elevated numbers. With diabetes you do not have the insulin needed to regulate your blood sugars. Unfortunately, there are many other unsuspecting […]

Dec 17, 2020

Cancer & Diabetes: What’s the Connection?

By ADW|2022-08-16T15:42:44-04:00Updated: December 17th, 2020|Diabetes Management, Health & Wellness|0 Comments

Cancer is the 2nd leading cause of death in the United States and around the world. In 2018, over 600,000 people died of cancer in the US. “Women with diabetes are 27% more likely to develop cancer than healthy women and men with diabetes are 19% more likely to develop cancer than healthy men”. Over 47 […]

Dec 8, 2020

Diabetes Practice: More Questions & Answers

By Roberta Kleinman|2020-12-08T16:36:06-05:00Updated: December 8th, 2020|Diabetes Management, General Information, Health & Wellness|0 Comments

During diabetes management educational sessions, discussions frequently take place at the end of each training class. Interest levels on related diabetes topics tend to appear after learning the diabetes basics and interesting questions are asked.

Let’s examine some of the more recent ones:

What is the connection between diabetes and thyroid disease?

According to The National Institutes of Health […]

Nov 25, 2020

Holiday Season 2020: Traveling, Gatherings and COVID

By Roberta Kleinman|2022-02-23T17:54:03-05:00Updated: November 25th, 2020|Diabetes Management, General Information, Health & Wellness|0 Comments

Instead of our annual November ADW newsletter reviewing “How to stay on track with your healthy eating”, we will take a different focus. We need to get through this holiday season as healthy and as safely as we can and avoid getting coronavirus. Do not let the holidays signal a vacation from healthy routines and good […]

Nov 5, 2020

Holiday Anxiety & Depression Solutions

By Roberta Kleinman|2023-09-20T10:16:06-04:00Updated: November 5th, 2020|Fitness & Diabetes, General Information, Health & Wellness|0 Comments

The holiday season is notorious for attending many parties, family gatherings, office functions, charity events, travel and gift shopping. As your holiday schedule fills up with these events it can cause feelings of anxiety and depression. “38% of Americans say their stress levels soar during the holidays”. Not only is stress high during this time period, […]

Oct 26, 2020

Your Immune System – How Do You Support it This Fall Season?

By Roberta Kleinman|2020-10-26T14:46:53-04:00Updated: October 26th, 2020|Diet & Nutrition, Fitness & Diabetes, General Information, Health & Wellness|0 Comments

The fall season should raise your concern for developing flu, bronchitis, pneumonia, the common cold – and of course we are still dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Daily, our bodies encounter billions of germs – some of which are beneficial and some that can be dangerous. Healing after a viral, bacterial infection or surgery is difficult […]

Sep 24, 2020

Cutting Edge Diabetes Technology

By Roberta Kleinman|2023-10-09T19:04:39-04:00Updated: September 24th, 2020|Diabetes Management, General Information|0 Comments

At ADW Diabetes, we like to offer you cutting edge information to keep you on track with new diabetes technology, studies and medications. FDA approvals can happen overnight. Multiple major diabetes meetings and conferences take place at this time of the year. New technology and protocols in the world of diabetes can ultimately help you.

Let’s see […]

Aug 27, 2020

Mental Health, COVID-19 and Diabetes

By Roberta Kleinman|2022-02-23T16:13:32-05:00Updated: August 27th, 2020|Diabetes Management, General Information, Health & Wellness|0 Comments

As early as the 17th century, medical professionals have, “hypothesized a link between diabetes and a low mood.” Current research has shown a relevant relationship between diabetes and mental health issues. Your mental health can deteriorate even more rapidly during times of intense and long-lasting stress. Enter the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Before the virus, “up […]

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