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WilD on
October 20, 2012
Got questions about navigating life with diabetes? Ask D’Mine! That would be our weekly advice column, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois. This week, he answers some science-y questions about pancreas transplants and whether an immune-suppressant drug for HIV/AIDS and hepatitis could impact someone’s type 1 diabetes honeymoon. You might very well be surprised at what you learn…
{Got your own questions? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
Kim, type 2 from Illinois,…
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WilD on
September 29, 2012
Happy Saturday! Welcome to Ask D’Mine, our weekly advice column hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois. This week, Wil takes on the Evolution of Diabetes, as it occurs in your body over time — and you know, the end of the honeymoon phase!
{Got your own questions? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
Lisa, type 1 from Texas, writes: Hi! I’m 27 and was diagnosed with diabetes last summer. When I was…
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WilD on
January 28, 2012
{Need help navigating life with diabetes? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
Yup, you guessed it: it’s another edition of our new diabetes advice column, Ask D’Mine, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois.
Alex from Canada, type 1, writes: I was diagnosed roughly 9 months ago. Since then, my insulin requirements have increased every now and then. Last week, I needed 16u of basal insulin in the morning, and from that…
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Another “myth-busters” post:
There are a lot of things about diabetes that are taken as “gospel,” both by doctors and patients. But at the JDRF Capitol Research Summit last month, I learned that many commonly accepted beliefs about diabetes haven’t actually been proven by medical science with convincing evidence (far beyond ‘you got it because you ate too much candy.’) Eminent scholar Dr. Mark Atkinson was pretty adamant that “these ideas need to be put…
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