I asked for some input on what a new diabetes web site could offer, and I got it – Thank You! Ahem… ask a silly question, get a silly answer, right? I mean it should have been obvious that the No. 1 thing that fits under the heading “StupidDiabetes.com” is humor!
The general consensus seems to be, in Kurt’s words, “Too much of this damn disease is about avoiding dying. If we can lighten up…
A little diabetes online fun for your Monday: Use your Noggin and three lucky readers will win a free copy of Dan Hurley’s new “epic” book, “Diabetes Rising.”
First off, you may have heard a lot of buzz about this book lately. The full title is, “Diabetes Rising: How a Rare Disease Became a Modern Pandemic, and What to Do About It.” It’s written by award-winning investigative journalist Dan Hurley, who’s lived himself with Type…
Today, I’m revisiting a guest post from ‘legendary’ diabetes educator Gary Scheiner for two reasons: 1) this is the time of year when we most need this essential reminder about gettin’ our exercise, and 2) well, because I just love Gary (who’s also the author of the exceptional book Think Like a Pancreas, btw) and he’s just this week agreed to be one of judges for the 2010 DiabetesMine Design Challenge – woohoo!
For now,…
“Diabetes? I’ve heard of it. It’s one of those charity diseases, the kind they raise money for… There’s no way I can have diabetes. I’m a twenty-one year-old dancer with the New York City Ballet. Things like that don’t happen to people like me!“
— Zippora Karz, from the first chapter of her new memoir, “The Sugarless Plum: A Ballerina’s Triumph Over Diabetes.”
Zippora’s new book will be in stores beginning this Sunday, Nov. 1,…
Dan Hurley is a journalist and science writer who contributes regularly to the New York Times. He’s also written for the Medical Tribune and Psychology Today. And he’s one of us PWDs. His new book, Diabetes Rising, is an exposé on the academic world of diabetes, coming out January. Have a look at last week’s ‘Sneak Preview’ of the book.
When I talked with Dan recently, he had so much good stuff to share that…