By
MikeH on
October 3, 2012
Those of us in the U.S. sometimes feel as though our Diabetes Community friends across the pond get all the coolest gadgets and medications before we do Stateside.
A preview of highlights at this year’s big diabetes shindig, the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), reinforced that feeling but brings a whole lot of excitement, since we are getting a glimpse into the future of what’s to come.
The EASD…
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By
MikeH on
August 27, 2012
Even though Ed Damiano isn’t living with diabetes, he occasionally wears a continuous glucose monitor and two Tandem t:slim pumps, and he constantly has his eye on all the newest D-devices.
Sometimes his pumps are filled with saline and sometimes colored water, with blue liquid representing insulin and red standing in for fast-acting glucagon. The Boston researcher is wearing the devices in the name of his 13-year old son, David, diagnosed with type 1 more…
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Welcome once again to our weekly advice column, where we talk all about navigating life with diabetes. In this edition of Ask D’Mine, our host Wil Dubois ( veteran type 1, author and diabetes community educator) takes on another prime time TV show that recently “tried” to address diabetes, and he also gets at the real story behind insulin being used in the weightlifting world.
{Got your own questions? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
Nancy from Missouri,…
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You can walk away from diabetes-focused conferences with more than dry science and research news. Really, you can! That’s what I did recently after attending the Diabetes Today and Tomorrow conference held in the suburbs of Detroit on May 12. I took away two important nuggets of information that can help me better live with diabetes:
First, the key to achieving post-exercise stability in blood sugars may very well be in chocolate milk (!)
Secondly,…
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By
WilD on
August 27, 2011
Ever wish there was someone to ask all those pressing, confounding, and disconcerting questions about life with diabetes? Someone who really “gets it”? Well, now there is!
If you haven’t discovered our diabetes advice column Ask D’Mine yet, now is your chance to jump in! This Saturday series is hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois.
{Need help navigating life with diabetes? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
Laura from Arizona, type…
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