We love grassroots advocates — regular folks who recognize a need in their community and step up to the plate! Earlier this year, we decided these unsung heroes of the diabetes community deserved a spotlight of their own, which is why we launched our Amazing Advocates series. This month, we’re highlighting Merle Gleeson, a PWD for nearly 50 (!) years who founded the Type 1 Diabetes Lounge almost 15 years ago. As far as diabetes…
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What about spouses and partners of people with diabetes? We know they live and struggle with this disease, too. Here at the ‘Mine we host a Partners’ Series to give them a voice. And we’re delighted today to host Bill Polonsky, famous of author of Diabetes Burnout, and head of the Behavioral Diabetes Institute (BDI), as he hones in on this still-much-underserved segment of the diabetes community — the unsung Type 3′s:
A Guest…
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Diabetes research with mice. Right. We’re never sure when humans will be able to oust the mouse. When fellow D-blogger and journalist Mike Hoskins discovered an interesting study right in his own backyard, he headed straight behind the scenes to get the scoop for us:
Special to the ‘Mine by Mike Hoskins
Once again, some diabetes research news crossed my inbox and made my eyes roll: “Researchers find beta cell stress could trigger the…
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