diabetes women’s health

Media Sensationalism: “Young, Slim, and Type 2″ (Not LADA??)

By AmyT on April 23, 2012

Fighting misperceptions of diabetes in the mainstream media seems to be a losing battle sometimes. Case in point: this recent story in Women’s Health magazine about a “new wave” of fit and trim young American women developing type 2 diabetes — a condition they’re calling TOFI (thin outside, fat inside). What a load of crap!
The article is about a “rarefied yet growing group of 20-30 year-old women developing type 2 though they are thin…

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C-Sections vs. Natural Birth in Diabetic Moms

By AmyT on January 5, 2012

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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