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How To Get Started Using a CGM
You're ready to start using your CGM. You and your doctor have decided that you should try a CGM, and you’ve done all this research about which supplier and type ...
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Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) Devices Comparison
When researching CGMs (Continuous Glucose Monitor) it can be difficult to know which device to choose. In this article we’ll ...
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Top Suppliers for CGM
Living with diabetes can be hard enough. You shouldn’t have to worry about sticking yourself with needles multiple ...
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How to Keep Injection Sites Healthy
Lipohypertrophy is a thickened, rubbery swelling under the skin that can happen to people where they inject insulin. ...
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CGM (Continuous Glucose Monitoring) A Beginner’s Guide.
When you live with diabetes a common term you might hear is Continuous Glucose Monitoring, also known as ...
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The Effects of Smoking & Diabetes
Cardiovascular Disease Smokers have a 30-40% higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes over non-smokers. Smoking also makes ...
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10 Natural Ways to Combat Diabetes
1. Early Prevention It's not hard to speculate why so many people develop diabetes. Genetics has a lot ...
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More Than Two Types of Diabetes?
For the past 20 years diabetes has always been classified as either type 1 or type 2, but ...
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Apple Watch Detects Diabetes with 85% Accuracy
The Apple watch is not just a hi-tech fashion statement but is now able to detect diabetes with ...
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100 Years of Insulin Treatments Save Countless Lives
The disease diabetes has been identified for thousands of years, but only in the last 100, has there ...
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Plan Your Diabetic-Friendly Exercise Routine
It's All in the Mind We often make promises to ourselves that begin with the purest of intentions ...
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Diet & Fitness, Exercise
Ways to Stay Healthy with a Desk Job
Physical inactivity, especially sitting for long periods, has been linked to increased mortality rates second only to smoking, ...
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Diet & Fitness, Nutrition
Probiotics & Diabetes
The Microbiome The word bacteria conjures up images of creepy crawly organisms scurrying about the inner workings of ...
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Vitamin D vs. Diabetes
With diabetes on it's meteoric rise, new innovations are being discovered to help quell it's rising numbers. New ...
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Diet & Fitness, Nutrition
Child Food Allergies are on the Rise
As modern medicine continues to find ways to treat and prevent illnesses from occurring, at least one issue ...
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Diet & Fitness, Nutrition
10 Ways to Curb Overeating
It is a little known fact that people with type 1 diabetes lose production of what is called ...
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Alcohol Consumption & Diabetes
Alcohol can be found in many consumables throughout our daily lives, mostly in social settings. While not everyone ...
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Diet & Fitness, Nutrition
Cinnamon May Help Fight Against Obesity.
A 2017 study from the University of Michigan found how a common spice—cinnamon—can help fight against obesity. Researchers ...
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Low-Sugar Fruits for Diabetic Diets
Naturally occurring sugar can be found in all fruits, although some may contain more than others. Those trying ...
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9 Steps to Better Catheter Self-Management
Here are 9 steps you can take to improve your experience in self-management of your catheter: Awareness - ...
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Top 10 Reasons To Use Your CPAP Machine
Around 25 million Americans experience OSA (Obstructive Sleep Apnea), and approximately 60% of them actually utilize a CPAP ...
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Advantages of Wearing a Back Brace
Chronic back pain is a condition that plagues many people, young and old. This explains why so many ...
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Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM)
Get Accurate Blood Glucose Monitoring While some diabetics only need to check their blood sugar levels a couple ...
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US MED is America's primary choice for home delivery of quality medical supplies. Since 1996, over 500,000 satisfied patients have received disease state education and medical supplies from our highly trained customer service specialists. US MED, the largest provider of Diabetic Supplies to the Medicare community, is licensed and accredited by Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) and maintains an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau. We provide all products necessary to treat the Diabetes disease state, including therapies for its associated comorbidities. Our product portfolio includes, but is not limited to, the following: Diabetic testing strips, Continuous Glucose Monitors or CGMs, Insulin Pumps, Sleep Apnea and CPAP supplies, Nebulizers, and Urinary Catheters.