Since we tend to be pretty America-centric over here, we wanted to shine a spotlight on the annual conference for the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), which is Europe’s equivalent to the American Diabetes Association. EASD is a huge professional org for doctors, researchers, nurses, students, and so on, with 7,000 members — from 110 different countries!
In addition to the annual conference, the EASD also produces their own trade publication, Diabetologia,…
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WilD on
September 10, 2011
Meds, meds, meds. What’s a PWD to do? They can be confusing and scary, and leave you wondering if the benefits outweigh the risks. We’re no doctors, but we can talk about known side effects and the trade-off’s many patients have to make.
Join us this week for a pill-popping edition of our diabetes advice column, Ask D’Mine, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois.
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Not everything that happens to you when you have diabetes is a complication, but sometimes it sure can make things complicated! For women with diabetes, our monthly menstrual cycle not only brings in waves of heightened emotion, bloating and fatigue, but it can also bring increased resistance to insulin and food cravings (i.e. chocolate). What happens when those visits from Aunt Flo stop, or at least slow down, as menopause starts to set in? What…
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In November, we hosted a logo design contest for famous diabetes educator Gary Scheiner’s newest venture, Type 1 University, a series of online diabetes education courses. The winner was the talented D-OC leader Gina Capone. The grand prize for Gina was a lifetime of diabetes education classes, and Gary was also kind enough to invite bloggers to attend one of his classes for free as a trial session.
Type 1 University provides eight different classes,…
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