Diabetes Sisters Gather in North Carolina

Since May of 2010, the amazing Diabetes Sisters group founded by Brandy Barnes has held an annual Weekend for Women conference, that I understand is a life-changing experience. Sadly for me, I’ve been invited to speak twice, but have not been able…

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Sunday News Round-Up, Announcements Edition A few things that have caught my eye recently: Rape Victims As Criminals: Illegal Abortion after Rape in Ecuador – I haven’t read this report yet, but wanted to pass it along for exploration of how restrictive anti-abortion laws make criminals out of rape victims. A reminder about the disproportionate violence experienced by transgender people. Islan Nettles, a 21-year-old black transgender woman, was beaten to death. Someone on Facebook this week mentioned they hope the vitriol directed at Chelsea Manning online was not representative of what people would say in person to a transgender individual; unfortunately I think it very...
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Health Affairs Web First: Are Marketplace Enrollees Sicker Than Those With Employer-Sponsored Insurance? To date little is known about the health status of the 7.3 million Americans who signed up for health insurance through either federal- or state-run exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). One effective way to gain information is to examine their use of prescription drugs. A new study, being released by Health Affairs as a Web First, compared prescription data from January to September of 2014 of more than one million Marketplace enrollees. The study reviewed the characteristics and medication use of early enrollees (October 1, 2013 through February 28, 2014) and those enrolling later (between March 1...
Diabetes Innovation As Seen By An Aspiring Endo: Meet Shara Bialo This is our first in a series of interviews with the 10 winners of the 2012 DiabetesMine Patient Voices Contest, who were announced back in June. If you're at all interested in how diabetes technology might best address the real-world issues we PW......
Medtronic’s Implantable Insulin Pump – What You Might Like to Know We received a whopping 210 responses to our reader survey* about the possibility of wearing an implantable insulin pump last week: Would You, If You Could? We thought you might like to know the results, below.ALSO: we received some additional fee......