Diabetes Hits the Baseball Field (Interview with Team Bogo Creator)

This time of year is always exciting for me, as it’s the start of baseball season once again!I’m a huge baseball fan, having played competitively as a kid and enjoyed it on radio and TV most of my life. So it’s always fun when the season rolls aro…

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Letter to Those Who Make Decisions About Test Strip Accuracy As you may have heard, some Diabetes Online Community (DOC) advocates have started a social media campaign calling for better accuracy requirements on blood sugar meters and strips.The campaign is called Strip Safely. We touched on this issue in ......
Following in the Footsteps of Mice in Diabetes Research There are many different ways of dealing with the daunting feeling of being diagnosed with a consuming chronic illness like diabetes.For Mary Rooney, a fellow type 1 diagnosed as an adult in March 2011, getting involved in the research side was on......
How Much Do We Know About Purging Disorder? I'm posting this on behalf of K. Jean Forney, a graduate student who studies eating disorders at Florida State University. She's researching purging disorder and looking for support for her project.The Diverse Presentations of Eating DisordersK. Jean Forney, M.S.Typically, when people hear “eating disorder,” they think of anorexia nervosa, the eating disorder characterized by low weight. People sometimes think of bulimia nervosa, which is characterized by binge eating (eating a large amount of food while feeling out of control) and compensatory behaviors, like self-induced vomiting or intense exercise. Awareness is growing about binge eating disorder, the eating disorder characterized by...
BDP 039 | 3 Doctor Tour in 4 Days, My A1c, New Cycling Page, Diabetes News and Events In this episode of the Blogging Diabetes Podcast I discuss a little bit about the Tour de Cure and my progress along with last weekend’s training ride. Also, packed into this episode are the reasons why I had to go to 3 doctors in 4 days with two being unplanned. I rarely regret decisions in […]..................................................................... I want to sincerely thank you for your continued support. This blog is better because of you. Check out Blogging Diabetes on Facebook and join the conversation! BDP 039 | 3 Doctor Tour in 4 Days, My A1c, New Cycling Page, Diabetes News and...
NewsFlash: Sanofi-Aventis Launches "iBGStar" Plug-In Glucose Meter for the iPhone! The iPhone integration dreams of many a diabetic are coming true at last!!Sanofi-Aventis made history today at the annual EASD (European Association for the Study of Diabetes) conference, if you ask me. They have introduced the first-ever medical ......