The 411 on Diabetes + Thyroid Disease

My dad has hypothyroidism, as does my grandmother. For my whole life, my dad has taken a tiny little pill every morning to make sure his metabolism functions properly. I always thought that compared to diabetes, thyroid disease wasn’t very “seri…

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Printing Low-Cost Glucose Test Strips on Paper Imagine just being able to fire up an inkjet printer and print out perfectly usable glucose test strips. Ah, the money that could be saved, among other things! It may seem off-the-wall strange, but a startup company that began almost three years ......
The Most Common Eating Disorder in US Adults Binge Eating Disorder. It affects an estimated 2.8 million adults (our own co-founder Lynn Chen included) and is a more common eating disorder than anorexia and bulimia combined.Tennis Star Monica Seles is currently raising awareness about B.E.D.:…characterized by regularly eating far more food than most people would eat in a similar time period, with binges taking place on at least a weekly basis for three months. Adults with B.E.D. feel that their eating is out of control during a binge and find binges very upsetting, among other symptoms. B.E.D. is more than overeating and, unlike other eating disorders, people with B.E.D....
"The Most Awesome Thing I’ve Done Despite Diabetes" Thanks to Cherise Shockley and the team at the DSMA (Diabetes Social Media Advocacy - #dsma) website, there is a new Blog Carnival making the rounds in the DOC (Diabetes Online Community). How's that for a mouthful of acronyms? In case you're not......
Does My Insurance Company Want Me to Die? For those with diabetes, this is a pretty serious question, huh. I started thinking about this because I’ve been in contact with a few companies regarding a continuous glucose monitor (CGM). From reading twitter and having people post comments on facebook, I’ve heard so many horror stories about insurance companies constantly declining coverage of these […]..................................................................... I want to sincerely thank you for your continued support. This blog is better because of you. Check out Blogging Diabetes on Facebook and join the conversation! Does My Insurance Company Want Me to Die? is a post from: Blogging Diabetes...
Testing Out Vegetarianism I always wanted to be a vegetarian. It always sounded like such a noble cause: saving the animals, the environment, and my health all in one fell swoop. But my actual experience with vegetarianism is somewhat mixed.In high school, I quit eating me......