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Wil Dubois (aka Lee) is a fabulous resource. He’s a D-blogger, diabetes educator himself, and author of a bunch of very cool and down-to-earth informative books about living with diabetes. However, his experience with his publisher was the same as…

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What Happens at the Diabetes UnConference… Doesn’t Have to Totally Stay in Vegas It's not often that I struggle to find words to capture a moment, but that's exactly what I've been struggling with since attending the first-ever Diabetes UnConference this past weekend. Held at the Flamingo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas from M......
Sunday Funnies: D-Fathers, Unite! Hats off to all the loving fathers out there, who can take out the trash AND change an infusion set with equal savvy.Something special for you all today from our fave type 1 illustrator Haidee Merritt:...
Sunday Funnies: And We Have a Winner! Now this would be a great way to motivate PWDs (people with diabetes) to check their blood sugars more often. There's a page right out of Willy Wonka's playbook, what? Boy, if only we got rewarded like that for checking our numbers... Thanks ......
Are Arizona teen eating disorders caused by climate? A recent article in the February 28, 2015, edition of the Arizona Daily Star calls much-needed attention to the high incidence of eating disorders among southern Arizona teens. Arizona ranks second in the United States for teens who have purged as a method of weight control and has twice the incidence than the U.S. average, according to a recent study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, I must take issue with two of the article’s conclusions. Firstly, the article attributes the prevalence of eating disorders to Tucson’s climate. It quotes Dr. Nia Sipp, medical director for...
10 Critical Lessons I Learned From Having a Binge-Eating Disorder – POPSUGAR POPSUGAR10 Critical Lessons I Learned From Having a Binge-Eating DisorderPOPSUGARAn estimated 3.5 percent of women, two percent of men, and 30 to 40 percent of those seeking weight-loss treatments would qualify clinically as victims of Binge-Eating Disorder. The disorder impacts people of all ages (including children and ......