Anyone reading this blog knows that being diagnosed with diabetes isn’t easy, and the thought of sharing that news with people in your life can be daunting.
We’ve written about “coming out of the closet” before, but today we have a special story brought to us by our talented cartoonist, D-Advocate and correspondent Mike Lawson. He met a woman who had an especially hard time revealing her diabetes, which prompted him to “rethink” the whole…
We’re back with another edition of our Global Diabetes series, in which we’re “traveling the planet” to bring you stories of people living with diabetes in various parts of the world. This month, we’re hosting Maryam Al-Ostad, a 25-year-old from Kuwait who’s been living with type 1 for 11 years.
Medical authorities estimate that in Kuwait, about one in four people are living with some form of diabetes (!)
Maryam was born in Kuwait and…
Diabetes research news (and anything involving lab mice) can sometimes make our eyes gloss over, as it seems we’re hearing about some new scientific “breakthrough” every other day.
But we took a little more interest recently when hearing about a new line of D-research that seems to have a Star Trek spin to it!
Yup, apparently this research is exploring how our insulin-producing cells basically put on a Romulan cloaking device to hide from diabetes!…
American voters go to the polls for the presidential election this coming Tuesday! We PWDs may have our own special agenda when it comes to evaluating candidates…
Seriously Folks: Don’t forget to vote in this big election!
Thanks to our friend and talented cartoonist Mike Durbin, who chronicles his life with both type 2 diabetes and congestive heart failure over at My Diabetic Heart.
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Happy Saturday! Welcome back to Ask D’Mine, our weekly advice column hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois. For the first post of November, Wil puts his finger on a universal question for PWDs: Should we really poke our pinky finger with lancets? He also opines on the state of the market in comparing insulin pens versus syringes.
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