John Anderson: Proving Type 2 Diabetics Can Be Athletes, Too

People with diabetes have to combat a myriad of myths and misconceptions. Among the most prevalent is the idea that people with type 2 diabetes are “fat and lazy” individuals who “brought it on themselves.” While obesity and lifestyle can certai…

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Ask D’Mine, St. Paddy’s Edition: Revisiting Drinking & Diabetes with Uncle Wil Welcome back to our weekly advice column, Ask D'Mine!You may remember our special edition from late 2012, in which our T1 host and community D-educator Wil Dubois had a few things to say about drinking with diabetes. With St. Patrick's Day coming......
Insulet’s New Smaller Pod, Dexcom Integration, and More from JP Morgan Last week, thousands of healthcare companies and investors therein descended upon San Francisco for the 2011 JP Morgan Healthcare Conference. Although I wasn't able to attend personally, I've been keeping an eagle eye on what happened there in ter......
Progress on Glucose Meter Accuracy Surveillance + Access to Insulin Pumps Big News this week in the world of diabetes devices, Folks!Two leading endocrinologist organizations have, for the first time in four years, updated their position on who should be able to get access to insulin pumps, while the Diabetes Technology......
Treating Eating Disorders with Co-Occurring Trauma and PTSD In this video interview, Executive Director Diane Ryan and Trauma Therapist Ann Twilley describe how and why Mirasol Eating Disorder Treatment Centers developed its specialization in treatment of eating disorders with co-occurring complex trauma and PTSD. “Years ago most eating disorder treatment centers — Mirasol included — did not include trauma as part of their treatment programs. In fact, people were turned away if they reported significant trauma before we admitted them,” says Ryan. “So it became evident that that was not going to work, we were not going to be able to take care of people if we weren’t...
Aaron Kowalski: Your Questions on the Artificial Pancreas Answered Here When the JDRF recently announced its newest artificial pancreas push - a partnership with Animas and Dexcom to actually develop a commercial product - head of the project Aaron Kowalski kindly agreed to answer reader questions here.Today, I bring......