New FreeStyle Test Strips – OK for OmniPod?
Who's tried Abbott's new FreeStyle test strips with their fancy new "ZipWik" technology? These are the ones with the Butterfly...
PERSONAL HEALTH
Stem Cells Key to Pancreas Renewal; Crossing My Fingers
Embryonic stem cell research has huge potential toward a cure for diabetes. OK, I said it. If you find this...
Building Muscle with Diabetes
I’ve certainly had my ups and downs this year with getting back into the swing of things in terms of...
"Adherence" Is the New "Compliance"
You all know how much we hate the term "compliant," and especially its antonym "noncompliant"- suggesting a bunch of naughty,...
LADA Awareness Week: Hello, Adults Hit with Type 1 Diabetes!
I'm grateful to Manny Hernandez over at TuDiabetes for working to kick off a special awareness campaign this week just...
Treating Opioid Dependence With Buprenorphine Implants Proves To Be A Success
Research on the effects of the medication buprenorphine has demonstrated that it decreases opioid use when it is implanted under...
Wakin’ Up In Vegas! (BlogWorld Expo)
This week is my very first time at the annual BlogWorld & New Media Expo in Las Vegas. In a...
Top 5 Reasons Why it’s Great to be a Diabetic
Given a choice, nobody in their right mind would choose to have diabetes. I’m not saying I enjoy or wouldn’t...
Nikki Lang – Singing Viral Pop to "Stop Diabetes"
When I featured the Joe Toucan Diabetes Project a few weeks ago, created by Hollywood producer and diabetes advocate Rocky...
Harvard Culls New Type 1 Diabetes Research Ideas
Happily, Harvard University appears to have jumped on the diabetes innovation bandwagon recently, with a crowdsourcing experiment called the Harvard...
Qs and As on My Diabetes Life
Last week I offered to "open the kimono" by answering pretty much anything (within reason) that readers cared to ask....
