Holiday Cheer… with Diabetes in Tow

For this month’s Diabetes Social Media Advocacy blog carnival, founder Cherise Shockley left it up to us bloggers to choose what to write about based on the DSMA chats from the month of November (FYI: you can participate in those chats every Wedne…

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Pointless treatments ‘Patients (are) sometimes being offered treatments that have only minor benefit.’ We hear that doctors have been told to stop doing pointless treatments and tell patients that doing nothing can often be the best approach. Patients often expect their GPs to give them a prescription or refer them for an operation, rather than being told to take control of their own condition, by changing their lifestyle. For dentistry, in many ways, it is worse. Patients may welcome being told ‘nothing needs doing’, but resent being asked to pay a patients charge of £17 for the privilege of hearing this. Many...
Dr. Denise Faustman on Her Progress and Career While on a recent trip to Boston, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to sit down for a chat with Dr. Denise Faustman, one of the many diabetes researchers on the quest to find a cure for diabetes. Dr. Faustman's research has been hotly debate......
LWD (Life with Diabetes) Video Friday: Slashing the Sugary Foods As we move into December (food-fest season), we're continuing our weekly "life with diabetes" video series straight from Sugar Babies film creator Jenny MacKenzie.This week's snippet looks at one family's struggle to give up sugary treats and eat ......
21 Million Americans Are Now Living With Diabetes 21 million Americans are now living with diabetes - not to mention their families, friends, communities, and the millions of people with diabetes out there in the rest of the world. The Internet brings us together. DiabetesMine™ is not only ......
Brendon’s Interview of me on A1c53 – Little Known Facts A week or so ago Brendon, from the A1c53 Podcast and site interviewed me. I really enjoyed being on his show and he asked some great questions about things I’ve never discussed on my podcast or website. Here are some of the topics we covered as Brendon points out on A1c53:` On top of his […]..................................................................... 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! Brendon’s Interview of me on A1c53 – Little Known Facts is a post from: Blogging Diabetes...