http://www.diabetesmine.com A gold mine of straight talk and encouragement for people living with diabetes 2009-07-02T15:46:03Z hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/07/food-and-our-brains.html 2009-07-02T13:00:05Z AmyT Our brains are obviously hard-wired to love food.  For many years, scientists have been trying to unravel the mystery of why we go all ga-ga over fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies, for example.  If we could figure out — and even control — the neuroscience of appetite, just imagine what that would do for combating obesity, [...] http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/07/wayback-wednesday-free-gifts-with-diabetes.html 2009-07-01T13:00:48Z AmyT I’m taking a cue from my buddy Scott Johnson and other bloggers, and enjoying a look back at what I was on about here a few years ago, via the WayBack Machine.  Here’s what DiabetesMine roughly looked like back in 2005. Wow! In the process, I stumbled on the following post, from April 2005, that [...] http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/06/type-1-kids-lobby-congress-attention-is-going-to-help-find-a-cure%e2%80%9d.html 2009-06-30T13:00:20Z AmyT When I was a guest on cancer-patients podcast last week, the hosts asked me if we PWDs don’t get frustrated: cancer seems to have all the big celebrities behind it, and make all the big headlines. Does it ever bother your community that diabetes doesn’t get that level of attention? I was a bit dumbfounded. [...] http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/06/does-lantus-cause-cancer.html 2009-06-29T01:00:41Z AmyT Considering what I am about to write, I feel a little guilty about the post headline here. But these sensational headlines are just the point: the media is abuzz the last few days with the possibility that Lantus insulin “may be linked” to cancer. The rumors started late last week, when the media got wind that [...] http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/06/diabetic-aesthetic.html 2009-06-26T13:00:23Z AmyT A final run-through of our 150+ amazing submissions in this year’s DiabetesMine Design Challenge reveals some of the “prettiest” entries — those that obviously come from the world of artful design rather than medical utility. And why shouldn’t more medical devices be more aesthetic?!   PicoSulin mini insulin pump - weighs just 2 oz. and uses and [...] http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/06/should-i-have.html 2009-06-25T13:00:21Z AmyT It is summer, the time of year when our diabetes is most visible, at least for those of us who wear insulin pumps. This Tuesday, for the first time I can remember since starting on the OmniPod system, I wore a bikini. My usual modus operandi has been to place the pod on my belly all [...] http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/06/type-1-diabetes-advocacy-meet-the-goulds.html 2009-06-24T02:00:34Z AmyT As people with diabetes or parents of children with diabetes, we all know how difficult it is to manage the never-ending balance of food, insulin, exercise and myriad of other endlessly circumvolving variables.  Now imagine having to handle all of that turmoil for FOUR children. Meet Ellen and Dave Gould, parents of EIGHT children ages [...] http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/06/grassroots-upheaval-a-declaration-of-patients-rights-to-health-data.html 2009-06-23T01:02:00Z AmyT A new initiative, launched today at HealthDataRights.org, brings together all manner of patients’ rights activists — doctors, researchers, software developers, writers, entrepreneurs, health economists, and of course, health and medical bloggers — calling for “the right to access all health data about ourselves, so we can make the most effective health decisions using the resources [...] http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/06/our-online-healthdiabetes-toolbox-overfloweth.html 2009-06-22T13:00:56Z AmyT Time again for an update on some of the myriad new online health tools that may actually add value to a PWD’s life: Need some help understanding and/or reducing the costs of your diabetes? Try this Diabetes Cost Calculator. It helps you break down what you’re spending on your diabetes now, and even offers tips [...] http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/06/endo-tales.html 2009-06-19T13:00:13Z AmyT I think I mentioned that I had an endo appointment earlier this month. I was excited to tout my latest A1c (5.9!) and show her my newest diabetes toy, the OmniPod’s new color PDM. As usual, I left work and the kids in a huge rush and drove to the clinic all concerned [...]