I chronicled someone with type 1 diabetes whose ability to exercise was compromised by his use of statins back in April 2016. Statins are medications prescribed to lower cholesterol levels or abnormal levels of blood fats, given to lower your risk of heart attack and stroke. Examples include Altoprev, Crestor, Lescol, Lipitor, Livalo, Mevacor, Pravachol, […]. Get Moving Treatments Type 1 Diabetes Type 2 Diabetes cholesterol exercise heart health muscles pre-diabetes statins study MORE >>

Today's column comes from a reader who I meet in the hall from time to time. She often has a comment on a column that I have written and so I had asked her for suggestions for topics for future columns MORE >>

Diets that require less insulin are popular among people with type 1 diabetes because less insulin required means a higher likelihood of more easily managed blood sugar levels. To put that more clearly: Each time you give insulin, a certain amount isn’t properly absorbed. This happens to a varying degree each time, whether you inject […]. Food Type 1 Diabetes exercise insulin insulin pumps ketogenic living vertical low blood sugar low-carb diet steve richert vegan diet MORE >>

Like most 6-year-olds, Cash Halpin, center, loves being active and hanging out with his friends. But Cash, who finished kindergarten in June, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 3, and today is helping to fine tune the technology that will afford him and other children a new sense of freedom MORE >>

Chemicals found in everyday plastics materials are linked to cardiovascular disease, type-2 diabetes and high blood pressure in men, according to researchers MORE >>