HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013!!
At the close of last year, we asked the top diabetes advocacy organizations and communities to share what they felt they’d accomplished in 2011, and what kinds of plans / goals / strategies they had in mind for 2012?
It only makes sense that we return to them this year with the same question: did they meet their own expectations for 2012? And what do they envision for continuing to help…
Childbirth and diabetes were once considered mutually exclusive. Thankfully, those days are over. But aiming for a healthy baby — and an uncomplicated birth — when you’re living with diabetes is still a very tall order. It can be scary. And no one really wants to have a C-section, right? (I sure didn’t, x3). Today, D-author and fellow mother of three Amy Stockwell Mercer joins us once more for a special report on new research…
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Hey, it’s winter… and frozen shoulder definitely sounds like something you might get after shoveling snow for too many hours — but it’s actually one of several less-common complications of diabetes. Shoulder problems certainly aren’t the first thing that comes to mind when it comes to diabetes. Most of our complications deal with vital, internal organs. But let’s face it, the effects of excess sugar in the bloodstream seem to know no bounds!
We’ve been covering…
Today is Labor Day, which for many of us means that summer has sadly come to an end and the new school year is in full force. But as we know, when it comes to diabetes, school is never really out no matter how long you’ve had it!
Late last year, intrepid CDE Gary Scheiner, author of the popular book Think Like a Pancreas, launched his Type 1 University series of online courses. Now, David…
If you’re at all interested in diabetes technology and patient advocacy, you should get to know Bernard Farrell. He’s a software architect, patient advocate, diabetes technology blogger and father of six (!) In his “spare time” he’s agreed to act as one of our expert judges in this year’s DiabetesMine Design Challenge, the $25,000 innovation contest open for submissions until this Friday, April 29 — coming up fast!
Bernard has had type 1 diabetes himself…