Small But Mighty: Paying It Forward with Graphic Design

It’s been a while since we’ve visited our “Small But Mighty” series, profiling the many “Mom & Pop companies” run by PWDs for the good of the community. Today we talk with Ryan Brown, a 26-year-old from Tennessee who was dealt a surprising bl…

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The Big Hypo Chill: National Diabetes Month 2013 DSMA What does it feel like to have a low blood sugar?That's a question I've heard countless times over the years, in my three decades of living with type 1. It's one of those universal questions that no one without this condition can ever seem to und......
Dexcom Android Phone Integration and Other Exciting Stuff from Gadget World (aka CES) Roughly ten days ago, I was at the annual sprawling nexus of new consumer technology that takes place in Las Vegas every year, otherwise known as CES. For the second year in a row, a breakout event called the Digital Health Summit was a packed hou......
First Backpacking Trip with Mirasol Clients There were those of us — myself included — who doubted it would be possible to incorporate backpacking into a residential eating disorder treatment program. Executive Director Diane Ryan, Admissions Director Carol Magee and I began talking about expanding Mirasol’s adventure therapy program to include backpacking in October, 2014. The challenges seemed overwhelming. First of all, since clients obviously don’t come to treatment outfitted for backpacking, we needed to purchase all the equipment from tents, sleeping bags and sleeping pads to flashlights, hiking poles and utensils. Over the next six months we patrolled eBay and Craigslist for good used equipment,...
Give Your Kidneys Some Love March is National Kidney Month (yes, they have a month for that organ! and even a World Kidney Day on March 11). I realize the month is nearly over this year, but it's never too late to show your kidneys some love - especially if you have diabete......
Team Type 1 Working with 23andMe to Probe Genes Behind Diabetes The high-powered diabetic cycling group Team Type 1 has once again pulled off a jaw-dropping feat: they've somehow caught the attention of 23andMe, one of just three celeb-status companies in the world offering "personal genomics services" - they ......