The leaves are falling and it’s starting to feel like autumn. But does our diabetes management have to play along?!
Much love to our talented guest cartoonist Meredith Gruebbel, who is a type 1 PWD working as a graphic designer in Louisville, KY and blogs at With a Side of Insulin. Thanks, Meredith!
Happy Autumn wishes to everyone in the Diabetes World and beyond!
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Need help navigating life with diabetes? Ask D’Mine! That would be our weekly advice column, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator Wil Dubois.
This week, Wil’s done some serious homework on a women-specific issue: Birth Control. But don’t fear, men, this isn’t just a post for those Females With Diabetes (FWDs). There’s something in it for everyone. So, don’t be afraid to read on! (Or print out and read later — this one’s a…
Welcome to the latest in our series of interviews with the 10 winners of the 2012 DiabetesMine Patient Voices Contest, who were announced back in June.
This time, we’re chatting with Sara Vazquez, a fellow PWD who lives in Massachusetts, where she’s in her senior year of college studying biology. She also works as an undergraduate research lab assistant at the legendary Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, so she’s right there at the corner of Brilliant Minds…
Calling all artists and creative types, or anyone who might be inspired to make some diabetes-themed art… The third annual Diabetes Art Day is coming up this coming Monday, Sept. 24!
Over 80 people participated in the inaugural online event in 2010, and that number more than doubled to 170 last year. So, at that rate and with the event falling a little later in the month (it was previously held on Sept. 1), this…
Adults with type 1 diabetes, rejoice! Whereas we were once “square pegs” in a world dominated by “juvenile diabetes” and type 2, there is more and more recognition that we exist, and more and more great events are welcoming us grown-up type 1s and LADAs.
Now, this includes the national diabetes-education conference series many of us know and love, Dr. Steven Edelman’s organization out of San Diego, Taking Control of Your Diabetes (TCOYD). Starting this…