Sunday Funnies: Diabetes Gone Presidential

What if… our presidential leaders had to deal with diabetes too? We wish you all a HAPPY PRESIDENT’S DAY WEEKEND 2014.And special thanks to Terry Keelan, a fellow PWD in California who’s an athlete and talented cartoonist to boot.

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Weight Stigma and Binge Eating: What’s the Connection? My article appeared originally on Recovery Brands' Pro Corner site.Karina, a 42-year-old obese woman, put off her annual doctor’s appointment again. The reason for her reluctance? Karina fears her doctor’s judgments and admonitions about her weight. Several years back, her doctor read her the riot act about her weight and since that visit, Karina’s weight has climbed even more.Karina is not alone. Research indicates that higher weight individuals report experiencing weight stigma and negative stereotypes across a variety of situations and at the hands of family members, friends, doctors, bosses, teachers, and often, strangers.Last month marked the second annual Weight...
Diabetes Flower Power: Second Spare A Rose Campaign Going Strong! The butter compartment of my fridge is fully stocked with unopened bottles of chilled insulin.I'm so very thankful to have this medicine that keeps me alive, when so many people around the world cannot say the same. Sadly, more than nine decades ......
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Aware-lidays Giveaway: Delicious Ways to Get Level! We're back with our fourth installment of the 2013 DiabetesMine 'Aware-lidays' Giveaway, mixing up November's Diabetes Awareness with the approaching holiday season...Yup, it's Awareness + Holidays = 'Aware-lidays!'So far we've given away everythi......
D-Blog Week: My Diabetes Hero On our final day of Diabetes Blog Week 2012 (boo, so sad!), we are ending the week on a high note by blogging about our "Diabetes Hero." As Karen suggests: "It can be anyone you'd like to recognize or admire, someone you know personally or not, so......