Diabetes and Pregnancy: A Video Chat with Dr. Lois Jovanovic

During our trip to San Diego for the American Diabetes Association’s Scientific Sessions, I had the pleasure of meeting with Dr. Lois Jovanovic, CEO and Chief Scientific Officer at the Sansum Diabetes Research Institute, and a pioneer in the field…

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NewsFlash: Abbott Recalls FreeStyle Strips & Meters ** See our UPDATE Post on this topic, published Feb. 25, 2014 **Many of you have already heard about the double product recalls issued by Abbott Diabetes Care about 48 hours ago.This is huge, especially for everyone using the OmniPod system, becau......
Glucose Meter Accuracy: FDA’s New Dual Call for Tighter Standards Our patient community has been up in arms for quite some time about glucose meter accuracy, or rather lack thereof. Fortunately, the patient-initiated StripSafely campaign seems to have struck a chord, and the FDA has recently -- at long last -- i......
Ask D’Mine: All About Seizures, and Cold Funky Feet Who doesn't sometimes need help navigating life with diabetes? That's why we offer Ask D'Mine, our weekly advice column, hosted by veteran type 1 , diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois. This week he's offering some thoughts on diabete......
Mobile tech and talk therapies strike at the moment binge eating urges do Two new treatment methods under investigation aim to help people reduce behavior associated with binge-eating disorder, which this week was reported twice as common as bulimia. A smartphone app in development will track users' individual patterns of behavior and alert them when they are at risk, among a comprehensive suite of other features. Another treatment is a new approach to small-group behavioral therapy to improve upon standard treatments for binge eating disorder....
Hunger pains Binge-eating disorder, only recently designated as a diagnosis by the American Psychiatric Association in its official diagnostic manual of mental conditions, is associated with lifelong impairments comparable to those of bulimia nervosa, a long-established eating disorder with more dramatic symptoms....