Memorial Day (+ Diabetes in the Military)

I was going to wish you all “Happy” Memorial Day, but I don’t think that’s protocol.Anyway, bloggers get the day off too – especially after all that Bat Mitzvah action. (It was wonderful! Such nachas!)This seemed like a great day to re-visit this …

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ANNOUNCING: Winners of the 2015 DiabetesMine Patient Voices Scholarship Contest! Hello All,A HUGE THANK YOU to the 50 people who entered our 2015 DiabetesMine Patient Voices Contest this year, and shared their wonderful ideas for diabetes life hacks. We learned a lot, while evaluating all of the input and essays! Our esteemed ......
Some Down-to-Earth Advice for Parents of Teens & Tweens with Diabetes In light of my daughter's Bat Mitzvah this past weekend (!), I've been thinking a lot about setting our children "afloat" - out on their own, responsible for their own actions and the consequences thereof. It's scary, and mine don't even have diab......
New genetic clue to anorexia The largest DNA-sequencing study of anorexia nervosa has linked the eating disorder to variants in a gene coding for an enzyme that regulates cholesterol metabolism. The finding suggests that anorexia could be caused in part by a disruption in the normal processing of cholesterol, which may disrupt mood and eating behavior....
Punitive Fees for "Unhealthy Behaviors" (Like Diabetes) Punishing people for being unhealthy is certainly not a new concept. Everything from societal peer pressure and restrictions on things like where you can smoke, to calorie counts at fast food restaurants and financial hits through insurance have t......
Does Make-up Make Mommy Beautiful? By Erin Brown from I Am Erin Brown, cross-posted with permission The first time I put on make-up in front of my daughter, she was just a few days old. She was lying there like a tiny lump of newborn human and I gave my first “you get to be who you are” speech. It […]...