Earlier today, we told you about how diabetes education is changing and those in the field are starting to listen more to the voice of the patient and encourage us to write our own stories.
At the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) conference, we sat down and chatted with Janis Roszler, a CDE and family therapist in Miami. She discussed patient empowerment and how educators can do a better job of helping us manage…
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Hey, diabetes educators: It’s not about you; it’s about us people with diabetes.
At the annual meeting for the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE), I sat in on several sessions focused on teaching CDEs how to be better educators. While it was reassuring to note that the trainers are starting to grasp that they need to talk less and listen more, it also reinforced my perception that the vast majority of diabetes educators really…
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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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Diabetes and sex = always an intriguing topic mix. I am happy to report that today, we have one of the country’s top authorities on this mix, the virtual ‘Dr. Ruth’ of Diabetes, Janis Roszler, to offer some practical tips for keeping it spicy in the bedroom, despite the Big D:
A Guest Post by Janet Roszler, CDE and author
When you have diabetes it follows you wherever you go, even into the bedroom. Unfortunately,…
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One could argue that despite all the big talk about combating the diabetes epidemic, lots of prominent organizations seem to be getting very little done. The field of diabetes education is facing a crisis, with so little professional support and funding to cope with the torrent of new patients coming their way.
For these reasons, I found it very encouraging to discover the Council for the Advancement of Diabetes Research and Education (CADRE), a non-profit…
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