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AmyT on
August 7, 2009
Jennifer Dyer, MD, is an endocrinologist and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology at the Ohio State University College of Medicine. In addition to all her hard work as a doctor, she also is passionate about consumer health communications and health media to improve health literacy. She also happens to be one of the few endos you can find using social media on a regular basis; you can follow her on Twitter…
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AmyT on
August 4, 2009
Who recognizes the name Lyrehca from the blog Managing the Sweetness Within, chronicling one woman’s efforts to get and stay pregnant while dealing with her lifelong type 1 diabetes? Yes, you guessed it: Lyrehca is coming out of the closet as herself, Cheryl Alkon, now-author of the forthcoming book Balancing Pregnancy With Pre-Existing Diabetes: Healthy Mom, Healthy Baby. Today, Lyrehca (er, Cheryl) shares a brief version of her story, and some don’t-miss tips on diabetes…
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Being diagnosed with diabetes at any age is a shock, but being diagnosed at 18 years old when you’re studying to be prima ballerina in New York City has to be a HUGE shock. That’s what happened to Zippora Karz, who now teaches dance from her home in Los Angeles. This November, at age 44, she’ll be publishing The Sugarless Plum: A Ballerina’s Triumph over Diabetes, her memoirs of diagnosis and time in the New…
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Fellow diabetes blogger and advocate William “Lee” Dubois is at it again, creating another super-handy pocket guide for dealing with the Big D. This one, which debuts tomorrow, is called “Taming the Tiger: Your First Year with Diabetes.” And it rocks! Er, roars, if you will…
It’s a slim volume of just over 100 pages (less than 7,000 words) that aims to give newly diagnosed folks “the bare-bones information you need to get started” on…
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For several years now, researchers have been looking at Type 2 diabetes as a possible “inflammatory disease.” I first got intrigued by this concept at the big ADA Conference in June this year, and by reading fellow D-blogger David Mendosa’s coverage thereof.
What exactly intrigued me? A couple of interesting things:
* First, I wasn’t even sure what “inflammatory” means in this context. I thought inflammatory diseases were strictly those that affect your joints, like…
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