While we’re on the subject of diabetes and art this week, we want to introduce a couple of whizbang! projects that are taking the notion of diabetes education via artwork to a whole new level: in comic book form…
Learning About Diabetes, Inc.
The folks at the Arizona-based Learning About Diabetes, Inc., a non-profit charity focused on creating diabetes education materials, approached us during AADE to tell us about a new kind of interactive comic…
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If there’s one thing harder than raising a teen, it’s raising a teen with diabetes! Korey Hood is a family clinical psychologist at the Cleveland Clinic, and as a type 1 diabetic himself since he was 19, he has counseled many families through his practice and also through serving as faculty member at the Children with Diabetes conferences.
Korey is also the author of the new book, Type 1 Teens: A Guide to Managing Your…
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You asked and we answered! We also asked and you answered — with lots more great questions for our new diabetes advice column, Ask D’Mine, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois.
This week, Wil takes on the DMV and diabetes, and what to do when your insurance isn’t cooperating.
{Do YOU need help navigating life with diabetes? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
Rose from Florida, type 1, writes: I am…
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Moira McCarthy Stanford might be a new D-mom blogger, but she’s been around the block and beyond advocating for diabetes. A former National Chair of Outreach and long-time supporter of the JDRF, Moira and her daughter, Lauren, have made headlines numerous times for their work advocating for a cure.
Life hasn’t been easy for Moira and Lauren, and she says they’ve learned many things the hard way — thus Moira has some strong opinions on…
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A couple of weeks ago, we hosted our very first DiabetesMine Book Review Giveaway — a smashing success! — and our winner took us fully by surprise. In fact, she reminded us that outside the cocoon of the DOC, where online cheerleading and pats on the back are common fare, there are plenty of people fighting for their lives with this disease.
Our winner was Audrie Eckerle, a 20-year-old type 1 from Idaho, who has…
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