Diabetes Essentials

Educating the Weary: Diabetes Educators

I personally wasn’t able to attend the annual meeting of the American Association of Diabetes Educators this summer.  But I’ve been there a few times. It’s quite the experience for a patient to witness thousands of experts in life-with-diabetes running around between lectures, demos, and expo booths. What are they all buzzing about? Today, a [...]

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August 30th, 2010 | Categories: Diabetes Essentials | Comments: (6)

Know Thy Illness (Symbol?), Get Involved

Speaking of World Diabetes Day, coming up November 14, I discovered this cool series of YouTube videos that the International Diabetes Federation has been pumping out to catch people’s attention. They’re short and evocative, all supporting the slogan “Understand Diabetes, Get Involved.”
For example, this bit on “how many people have diabetes worldwide?” Do you [...]

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August 26th, 2010 | Categories: D-News Examined, Diabetes Essentials | Comments: (15)

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Take the Next Step: Motivating People to Take A Stand Against Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

If you have diabetes and aren’t familiar with Dr. Steven Edelman, I am sorry. I hope this post will help remedy that. Dr. Edelman is a lifelong type 1 himself and Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), School of Medicine. He has years [...]

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August 9th, 2010 | Categories: Books & Resources, Diabetes Essentials | Comments: (2)

Diabetes and World Travel

As many of you know, I am in Europe this month. My family and I travel to Germany every summer, with a varying number of side trips to other regions and countries. Diabetes always puts up a fuss in some form or another — like when I woke up last week with a scary low [...]

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August 2nd, 2010 | Categories: Diabetes Essentials, Personal Stories | Comments: (7)

How’s Your Love Life?

Diabetes and sex = always an intriguing topic mix. I am happy to report that today, we have one of the country’s top authorities on this mix, the virtual ‘Dr. Ruth’ of Diabetes, Janis Roszler, to offer some practical tips for keeping it spicy in the bedroom, despite the Big D:

A Guest Post by Janet [...]

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July 26th, 2010 | Categories: Books & Resources, Diabetes Essentials | Comments: (3)


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