Around the Diabetes Blogosphere: May 2013 Edition

We’re now at the end of the fifth month of 2013, which is simply amazing – how quickly this year is going by! With the summer months soon bringing a bunch of diabetes conference activity, we feel especially motivated to highlight all the great pos…

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Ask D’Mine: Shooting Blanks and the (Sugary) Hair of the Dog A note from our veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois: Today's post is Rated PG-13. Actually, the weekend edition of Ask D'Mine is always Rated PG-13, and I don't think today's post is any further across the Rubicon tha......
Victorian baby teeth could help predict future health of children today The team from the Universities of Bradford and Durham analysed the teeth of children and adults from two 19th century cemeteries, one at a Workhouse in Ireland where famine victims were buried and......
Spring Has Sprung for Exercise – April 2013 DSMA You might say I'm excited about exercise these days.That could very possibly be an understatement.Not in many years have I had an exercise routine like I am currently embracing, one that I'm actually keeping up with for the most part. Perhaps it's......
September 2013 DSMA Blog Carnival: Diabetes Doctoring Online We've reached the end of another month, and for September the monthly Diabetes Social Media Advocacy (DSMA) Blog Carnival asks what we people with diabetes would like our doctors and medical professionals to know about social media. Great question......
Why I am trying to be more open about my eating disorder Six years ago, aged 17, I was admitted to a mental health adolescent ward with anorexia. I spent a year living in hospital, fighting my eating disorder. It was by far the hardest year of my life, but without it I would not be here anymore. It was hard work, and every meal was a battle. I would sit there: a plate of food placed in front of me, and be told I had 30 minutes to eat it. With tears streaming down my face I felt completely lost at the thought of eating, but after the first few meals, things...