Introducing the Diabetes Hero Squad (But Don’t Call ’em ‘Super’)

In our pancreatically-challenged community, we’ve known Captain Glucose and Meter Boy fondly for some time now as the “Diabetes Duo” raising awareness and educating by bringing smiles when it comes to diabetes.They’re all about a little “diabetes …

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Amazing Advocate Marina Tsaplina Brings Puppetry & Crafts to ‘Betes Care Getting all crafty when it comes to diabetes is something our D-Community has gotten quite good at through the years. With all the med supplies we go through, we have plenty of materials at our fingertips (pun!)Now there's a relatively new organiz......
Why Meters Can’t Tell Us Our Blood Sugar Levels Apropos to today's newsflash...Diabetes advocate and author Riva Greenberg has been on a "meter accuracy kick" lately - researching the heck out of this controversial topic. Very timely considering I've been seeing loads of expensive TV ads for Ac......
Pro Skier Kris Freeman Ready for His 4th Winter Olympics… with Diabetes Fellow type 1 Kris Freeman has learned he's heading to his 4th Olympic Winter Games.On Wednesday, the 33-year-old professional cross-country skier who's been living with diabetes for almost 14 years got official word that he's been named to the 20......
Reflecting On My Not-So-Inspiring Diabetes Youth When I was growing up, I believed there were many things I couldn't do because of my type 1 diabetes.Be a professional athlete. Fly planes. Go to the moon. Join the military. Even grow up to be a "real" news reporter out on the streets covering cu......
Eating Disorders Are Deadly, But Who’s to Blame? (Op-Ed) – Yahoo News Yahoo NewsEating Disorders Are Deadly, But Who's to Blame? (Op-Ed)Yahoo NewsWho is to blame for your eating disorder? The answer is no one. Current science suggests eating disorders are biologically based, influenced by numerous complex environmental factors coming together — as they did for me, to create a perfect storm of ...Stigma means eating disorder sufferers not getting treatmentNorthern Starall 3 news articles »...