A D-Mom’s Guide to Type 1 + Celiac (Toaster In Tow)

We talk a lot about living with diabetes around here (hey, we’re a D-blog after all!), but we’re keenly aware that other ailments affect many of our D-brethren.This is Diabetes Blog Week and the prompt for today encourages us all to think about wh…

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Teen eating disorders increase suicide risk Is binge eating a tell-tale sign of suicidal thoughts? According to a new study of African American girls, those who experience depressive and anxious symptoms are often dissatisfied with their bodies and more likely to display binge eating behaviors. These behaviors put them at higher risk for turning their emotions inward, in other words, displaying internalizing symptoms such as suicide....
NewsFlash: JDRF, Amylin to Study Insulin + Symlin Mix Some of you may have seen the headlines this week about JDRF and Amylin investigating a new diabetes treatment - essentially a mixture of insulin and pramlintide (brand name Symlin), two substances that are only FDA approved for entirely separate ......
New Diabetes Video Product Review: True2Go Glucose Meter Hello Dear Readers,Just a note to update you on our new DiabetesMine Test Kitchen -- where products designed to improved life with diabetes are evaluated by people who should know how well they hit that mark.As you hopefully know already, this is ......
5 Ways to Raise White Children to be Anti-racist Allies by Dr. Rebecca Hains; cross-posted with permission In recent [months], the nation has been riveted and repulsed by the grand juries’ decisions to indict neither Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown, nor New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner. In the ensuing national conversation, many […]...
When an ER Nurse Gets Diabetes… In early November, I had the honor of speaking in front of the Utah Chapter of the American Association of Diabetes Educators. What a great group they are! Not least because the Utah Department of Health actually supports them by funding education......