Joe Toucan: A Girl, A Doll, A Diabetes Mission

How do you explain to a young child with diabetes why her parents are hurting her with finger pricks and insulin injections every day? Hollywood producer Rocky Lang is one dad who struggled with that dilemma. In 2001, his ten-year-old daughter, Ni…

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Wakin’ Up In Vegas! (BlogWorld Expo) This week is my very first time at the annual BlogWorld & New Media Expo in Las Vegas. In a word: BIG.The hotel seems to spread for miles and miles, including six restaurants, a huge casino and a lower level with sweeping spa and beach area (n......
Ask D’Mine: Bad in Bed? Sadly, diabetes can affect everything... including what goes on in your bedroom.This week, for our Saturday advice column Ask D'Mine, your host Wil Dubois (veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator) takes on this sticky topic. Prepare for an R-......
Living with Diabetes (and Losing It) in the Republic of Cyprus We continue to travel the world to bring you accounts of living with diabetes in far-off places! In this installment of our Global Diabetes Series, we hear from a young man in Cyprus, which is a country (yes, it is!) that's actually the third larg......
Insulin’s Little Helper: A New Pill for Type 1 Diabetes? What if someone said that you - someone with type 1 diabetes - could take a pill and your insulin requirements would not only drop, but they might be eliminated completely? Would you think they were crazy, or maybe confusing you with a type 2?Well......
NEWSFLASH: Goodbye, Asante Solutions and Snap Insulin Pump Insulin pump manufacturer Asante Solutions is closing its corporate doors in Sunnyvale, CA, and the Asante Snap will soon be a diabetes device of the past. The news broke late Friday, when Asante's Director of Customer Care and Reimbursement Gil B......