More than 1,400 physicians gathered in Phoenix, AZ, last week for the 22nd Annual Scientific and Clinical Congress of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE). Our correspondent Wil Dubois was embedded with the “troops” covering the week-long convention, and files this report on the highlights that jumped out at him.
(In a separate article coming soon, he’ll also report on AACE’s just-announced new treatment “algorithm,” their official alternative to the American Diabetes Association’s diabetes…
By AmyT on April 30, 2013
They say that April showers bring May flowers…
Of course, this month has once again also brought us some great blog posts from the Diabetes Online Community (DOC)! Here are some of our faves, in no particular order:
Those of us in the D-Community know well the stresses of living with chronic illness… and so we saw our own stories in many of the posts included in this month’s Patients For A Moment blog…
By MikeH on April 23, 2013
With self-publishing on the rise, it seems like everyone’s an author these days — and the diabetes community has its share of book-writers of all sorts.
Just skim through the listings over at Amazon. A quick search of “diabetes” brings up 22,000 “new and popular” titles, many of them involving food and diets, but also exercise, lifestyle and personal encounters with this illness. The term “type 1 diabetes” narrows the findings down to 952 books…
By MikeH on March 29, 2013
Hard to believe we’re already a quarter of the way through 2013! This Spring hasn’t exactly been a warm one for many of us, and some of us (like me) are staring out the window at snow right now. But, at least we’ve had some outstanding diabetes blog posts to keep us entertained while staying warm inside.
In no particular order, here are some of the posts that caught our eye during the month of…
By MikeH on January 28, 2013
As a book lover who happens to be a person with diabetes, I am pretty much the kind of guy who can’t resist checking out any and every book about this illness.
So I was especially excited when we heard that the fabulous Riva Greenberg was publishing her third book, and I’d have a chance to review it here at the ‘Mine!
For those who don’t know Riva, she’s lived with type 1 for 40…
