Global Diabetes: Naked in South Africa

We continue roaming the planet to bring you accounts of living with diabetes in various countries for our Global Diabetes series. This month, we’re happy to introduce a young South African who wants to become a force of diabetes advocacy in his ho…

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The Innateness of Movement I've been spending a lot of time with kids and babies these days, and one thing I've noticed is that little people love to move. Babies and toddlers like to wiggle and jump. Grade-school kids love to tumble and climb. They dance and scoot and swim and ride bikes. Left unattended, kids will naturally choose movement over stagnation on many occasions throughout the day. In fact, they'll voluntarily run down the sidewalk if you let them. But most adults won't.Many adults don't like to move. We view exercise (even the word sounds challenging) as a chore. We set up contingencies...
Ask D’Mine: On Money, Smoking and Your Diabetes Health 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 educator Wil Dubois.This week, Wil addresses some concerns about how our medicin......
My hope for the future is that stigma around mental health will be eradicated – Take 5 To Blog My name is Ellie and I have experienced an eating disorder, depression and borderline personality disorder. My mental illness has affected my whole life, I am unable to work at the moment and have been denied a place at university because of it. My greatest source of support has been my family, friends and being able to volunteer in mental health settings. My hope for the future is that stigma around mental health will be eradicated and access to support will be much easier. I am taking 5 on Time to Talk Day because I think that Time to...
KMOV interview with Cherie Massmann On Wednesday, May 6, 2015, Cherie Massmann, LPC, NCC was interviewed over a controversial photo taken at Busch Stadium. Below is the link. Trainer not apologizing for body shaming woman at Busch Stadium Share with us! How do you feel about this? The post KMOV interview with Cherie Massmann appeared first on McCallum Place | Eating Disorder Blog....
ATTD Report: Paris Conference Hones in on ‘Advanced’ Diabetes Tech Neal Kaufman is not only the husband of famed endocrinologist and Medtronic exec Fran Kaufman; he's also a diabetes guru of sorts in his own right. He's an experienced clinician and educator who founded a company called DPS Health (Diabetes Preven......