We’re now at the end of the fifth month of 2012, which is simply amazing — how quickly this year is going by! With the summer months arriving soon and bringing a lot of diabetes conference activity, we feel especially motivated to highlight all the great posts from this past month. So, in no particular order, here are some of our recent favorites from the Diabetes Online Community:
How can we not recognize Diabetes Blog Week,…
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We’re in the final days of May — National Mental Health Awareness Month — and earlier this month, I shared my own personal struggles in dealing with depression and diabetes. But that was through my lens as an adult with diabetes. What about children and adolescent PWDs?
We all know that being a teenager is no picnic, and adding diabetes to the mix can sometimes be a recipe for disaster. And depression.
Studies show that…
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The Diabetes Blog Week prompt today asks us to ponder the question “What They Should Know,” i.e. what we in the Diabetes Community would tell someone who doesn’t have diabetes, given the chance. Our hostess Karen Graffeo encourages us to use this chance to do a little advocating …
I’ve been around the block a couple times since being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as a kid, so I’ll warn you: my list isn’t…
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Brenda Novak is best known to the world as a New York Times best-selling author of historical and contemporary romance novels. But to the diabetes community, she’s famous for being the founder of Brenda Novak’s Annual Auction for the Cure of Diabetes, which has raised more than $1 million for diabetes research. It’s not just a one-shot (pardon the pun!) deal. The auction takes place over not just one evening, or even one day — but…
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