erectile dysfunction

Cartooning for Serious Healthcare – No Fooling!

By MikeH on April 1, 2013

Did you know the DiabetesMine team were secret artists, painting masterpieces with our lancets in our garage studios by night?
Yeah… April Fool’s! Actually we’ve got, well… close to zilch artistic ability.
But our new friend Cathy Leamy in the Boston area is one of those people who REALLY has talent, and is using her comic-creating capabilities to raise awareness on important healthcare topics.
Cathy tells us she’s been doing comics and cartoons for most…

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Ask D’Mine: Shooting Blanks and the (Sugary) Hair of the Dog

By WilD on June 30, 2012

A note from our veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois: Today’s post is Rated PG-13. Actually, the weekend edition of Ask D’Mine is always Rated PG-13, and I don’t think today’s post is any further across the Rubicon than we usually go. But people get funny talking about reproductive issues, so forewarned is forearmed: Today we gotta talk about male “thingies” to answer a reader’s question. Read on at your own risk!…

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Men’s Health: Between the Ears or Below the Beltline?

By WilD on June 28, 2012

June is Men’s Health Month, so as one of the ‘Mine’s men in the trenches, I’ve been asked to cover what’s unique about diabetes and men. You might be surprised to learn that it’s not all below the waistline (although some of it is). Diabetes uniquely effects men’s bodies differently from women’s, and yes — the classic male traits may get in the way of good healthcare as you’d expect.
But don’t worry guys, we’ve got…

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The 411 on Diabetes and ED (Erectile Dysfunction)

By AmyT on February 9, 2012

Nicholas Gibson is a 20-year type 1 diabetic and sociology Ph.D. student and Instructor at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. He has 5 years of management experience at diabetes summer camps for kids, and over a year of clinical research oversight at the University of California Irvine Medical Center.
His current research interests include the intersection of technology and self-care, and the impact of knowledge and technology on patient self-concept. He joins us today…

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Ask D’Mine: Safe Alcoholic Beverages, Treating Lows (Also in the Bedroom)

By WilD on June 25, 2011

Just a reminder: we don’t shy away from much of anything here at Ask D’Mine, our weekly diabetes advice column.
So buckle up for another wild ride today with your host veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois.
{Need help navigating life with diabetes? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}

Jackie from North Carolina, type 1, asks: I know there are a million ways to treat low blood sugar… but what works the FASTEST?…

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