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Choosing the Right Skin Barrier for Your Ostomy

Choosing the Right Skin Barrier for Your Ostomy

Whether you’re selecting supplies for a home improvement project or managing an ostomy, getting the details right is the key to success. To ensure the job gets done correctly, you’ll need to understand what tools to use and how to use them correctly. If you live with an ostomy, including a colostomy, ileostomy, or urostomy, there’s a lot to think about, including how to choose the right skin barrier.

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Essential Tips for Traveling When You Have Diabetes

Essential Tips for Traveling When You Have Diabetes

For those living with diabetes, staying healthy requires a mindful approach to leaving home, even if the trip is just a day of shopping or a visit with a friend. If your destination involves a suitcase and a mode of transportation beyond a simple car ride, such as a trip by train, plane, or ship, preparation is even more important.

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Are Compression Dressings Right for Your Wound?

Are Compression Dressings Right for Your Wound?

Are you under a doctor’s care for a chronic wound such as a venous ulcer or nonhealing wound? If so, your treatment plan may include compression therapy. While many experts consider compression the gold standard for treating venous ulcers, it is not a one-size-fits-all approach.

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Helping Kids Manage Diabetes at Camp

Helping Kids Manage Diabetes at Camp

If your child has diabetes, you already know that there’s a lot to think about, and a lot to do. You’ll learn to help your child test their blood glucose, learn about medications, including insulin injections, if needed, and how to manage the emotional ups and downs of having a chronic disease.

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Support Is Strong Medicine for Those with a Chronic Illness

Support Is Strong Medicine for Those with a Chronic Illness

If you are like most people with a chronic condition, such as Diabetes or Crohn’s disease, you seek out the very best doctors, treatments, and supplies, and work hard to make sure you get the best care possible. However, there is one other necessity people with chronic conditions need and many of them have never thought about: The support of a caring community.

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Is Stress Spiking Your Blood Sugar?

Is Stress Spiking Your Blood Sugar?

Everyone has some stress. It’s a part of life. But if you’re one of the more than 34 million Americans living with diabetes, you’ll need to be aware of how stress affects your blood sugar status. Today on the blog we address the connection between diabetes and stress, including a condition known as diabetes distress.

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Choosing the Right Incontinence Products for Your Needs

Choosing the Right Incontinence Products for Your Needs

Do you get overwhelmed at the dizzying array of choices in the cereal aisle of your grocery store? If so, choosing incontinence products may leave you with the same oh-my-goodness reaction. Not to worry. We’re here to help you sort through the options and choose the products that are right for you, or for someone you care for.

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