Friends For Life Conference Now a Teenager!

There’s a new “teen with diabetes” on the block.Yes, the biggest diabetes conference aimed at children and families living with type 1 just turned 13 this past week, and just as for any person with diabetes (PWD), hitting this stage of life is an …

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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......
"We think of bulimia and anorexia as either a bizarre psychosis, or as a quirky little habit, a…" “We think of bulimia and anorexia as either a bizarre psychosis, or as a quirky little habit, a phase, or as a thing that women just do. We forget that it is a violent act, that it bespeaks a profound level of anger toward and fear of the self.” - Marya Hornbacher, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia (via abattoirette)...
Patients for a Moment (PFAM) January 2013 Edition: Celebrating Renewals Welcome to the PATIENTS FOR A MOMENT (PFAM) patient-centered blog carnival, founded in part by Leslie of Getting Closer to Myself. We are delighted to be hosting this month, with the New Year's-inspired theme of Renewals.We put out a call for pati......
Last Day to Enter! 2014 Patient Voices Contest Interested in a unique chance to be a diabetes patient advocate mixing it up with Pharma, FDA, Device Experts, Clinicians and other decision-makers? Today is the final day to enter our 2014 Patient Voices Contest -- to win a full scholarship to t......
Why eating ice may give a mental boost to people with iron deficiency A new study into pagophagia sufferers links the craving to low haemoglobinPatients suffering from pagophagia compulsively crave and chomp on ice, even scraping buildup off freezer walls for a fix. The disorder appears to be caused by an iron deficiency, and supplements of the mineral tend to ease the cravings. But what is it about ice that makes it so irresistible?A study proposes that, like a strong cup of coffee, ice may give those with insufficient iron a much-needed mental boost. Fatigue is the most common symptom of iron-deficiency anaemia, which occurs when the body can’t produce enough oxygen-carrying haemoglobinbecause...