By
MikeH on
April 23, 2013
With self-publishing on the rise, it seems like everyone’s an author these days — and the diabetes community has its share of book-writers of all sorts.
Just skim through the listings over at Amazon. A quick search of “diabetes” brings up 22,000 “new and popular” titles, many of them involving food and diets, but also exercise, lifestyle and personal encounters with this illness. The term “type 1 diabetes” narrows the findings down to 952 books…
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By
WilD on
April 20, 2013
Welcome back! It’s Saturday again, so time to curl up with a cup of tea/coffee and our weekly diabetes advice column, Ask D’Mine! This week, veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator Wil Dubois tackles a question we’ve never heard before about the probability that continuous glucose monitor (CGM) use might lead to cancer (?). He also has some thoughts about how to manage non-diabetes medical professionals when you’re in the hospital… should an emergency situations…
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By
WilD on
April 13, 2013
Need help navigating life with diabetes? Ask D’Mine! That’s our weekly advice column, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator Wil Dubois.
This week, Wil attempts to settle a bet about high blood sugars and exercising, and also tells us what he really thinks about certified diabetes educators (CDEs). You won’t want to miss this…
{Got your own questions? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
Andrew, type 2 from Utah, writes: There was a lively discussion at…
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Every so often, we get questions here at our weekly advice column, Ask D’Mine!, that flat out break our hearts. Today, your host Wil Dubois, a veteran type 1 and diabetes educator & author, is responding to a teenage girl facing some pretty cruel treatment at her school relating to diabetes. Ouch…
{Got your own questions? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
Taylor, type 1 from Oregon, writes: Hi, I’m 13 and got diagnosed with type 1…
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By
MikeH on
April 2, 2013
Your glucose meter might be keeping secrets from you.
If and when you see a message on the screen alerting you to a “High” blood sugar, the meter probably knows more than it’s telling you, as in the exact numerical value associated with that warning. But the device makers decided that we don’t need that information…
This came to light (in our brains, at least) following the March 25 announcement that almost two million LifeScan…
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