Asserting the Rights of People with Diabetes (!)

Fellow PWDs, do you know your rights? Take Note: there is now an official International Charter of Rights and Responsibilities for People with Diabetes, developed by the International Diabetes Federation and published yesterday.In truth, this stra…

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At Last, Liz Can Exhale I breathed a sigh of relief on Monday when I heard the outcome of a case that has haunted me and others for nearly two years. A court in Nairobi sentenced three men involved in the case of Liz,* a woman who was gang-raped by six men in June 2013. Finally, three of the rapists were convicted for up to 22 years,15 years for rape and seven years for causing her grievous bodily harm. While the jail term handed down to the three perpetrators is rather lenient—in a country where rape can attract a maximum sentence of life imprisonment—at least...
Death By Diabetes Inspires a "Robin Hood" of Global D-Care Her name was Marjorie. She was a 29-year-old from East Africa's Uganda. And after living with type 1 diabetes from the age of three, she died last year as a result of diabetes-related kidney disease.Now, in honor of Marjorie, a New York endocrinol......
Diabetes Etiquette for Parents of Teens + More Help from the BDI A few years back, Dr. Bill Polonsky and his team at the Behavioral Diabetes Institute in San Diego introduced their now-famous Diabetes Etiquette cards - the world's first recognition and pocket-sized guidance on how to avoid being rude and potent......
How to Check Yourself for Skin Cancer Could your mole be something serious? If you haven’t made an appointment with your derm yet for your yearly skin check, it’s time to get on it. Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the U.S. (nearly five million Americans are treated for it every year)—and one in five of people will get it during our lifetimes, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation. So it’s kind of a big deal. Already been inspected by your doc? Good for you—but that doesn’t give you the liberty to skip paying attention to your skin for the next 365...
On Keeping Secrets This recent testimonial in the Boston Globe, about a writer with type 1 diabetes who chose to keep his illness secret from girlfriend for quite some time, has stuck in my head. I can't seem to stop thinking about the why's and how's of concealing ......