So Why Do They Call It "Labor Day"?
My seven-year-old wanted to know: since we have so few official days here in America where all the people get...
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X = Creativity + Diabetes
To cap off this week of copious diabetes creativity, I am presenting a few favorites from the "Most-Creative" category in...
One Natural Supplement with a Good Rep: Sugar Crush
What do you think of when you hear the phrase "herbal supplements"? Quack medicine? Snake oil? One of those cheesy...
Diabetes Design Challenge: Some Innovative Runners Up
According to Innovation.org, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) has a new report out on diabetes, which states:"A...
Educating the Weary: Diabetes Educators
I personally wasn't able to attend the annual meeting of the American Association of Diabetes Educators this summer. But I've...
On Keeping Secrets
This recent testimonial in the Boston Globe, about a writer with type 1 diabetes who chose to keep his illness...
Know Thy Illness (Symbol?), Get Involved
Speaking of World Diabetes Day, coming up November 14, I discovered this cool series of YouTube videos that the International...
Sneak Preview: Dance Out Diabetes!
Put your hands up! Who likes to dance?Good, you're in.Even if all you've done till now is watch those popular...
Insulin Pump Manufacture is Complicated, But Making (iPhone) Strides
I could call today's guest post a "straggler" from my Summer Reading series, but that might downplay its impact. Good...
Consensus on Victoza = Victory Over Diabetes, Worth the Discomfort
My Spring post on the new injectable type 2 diabetes drug Victoza is in the running for one of the...
What I’m Reading (on e-Patients, Social Media, and Favorite Westerns)
Anyone else feel like keeping up with reading around the diabetes / health communities online is becoming overwhelming? Yup. And...
