When it comes to using diabetes technology like insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors, we need all the help we can get — because figuring out the nitty-gritty of fine-tuning our basal rates, using advanced features like dual wave boluses, and troublshooting sick days and time zones ain’t easy.
We’ve previously brought you reviews of such fine works as Pumping Insulin and Beyond Fingersticks (by the ‘Mine’s own Wil Dubois!), and today we’re introducing a 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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Just for fun, I recently requested a review copy of Sue Marshall’s new book, “Diabetes: The Essential Guide” out of the UK. I read it on the plane to Boston on my birthday late last month. (Really, is this what I do for fun? Time to get a life?)
I’ve long been an admirer of Sue, who’s had type 1 diabetes for 35 years and had a 20-year career in journalism before she launched Desang,…
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By
AmyT on
March 26, 2009
The “Real-Life Guide to Diabetes” just published by the ADA is definitely something new. It almost looks a little like my daughters’ favorite “Smart Girls’ Guide” series, or those kids science books all chock full colorful images, highlighted quotes and pop-out boxes to grab your attention in bunches of little “content bites.”
So it’s fun to look at, as well as fun to read, which is definitely something new in the world of diabetes literature.…
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