Minority Health Month: Does the Color of Your Skin Still Matter?

April is national Minority Health Month, so we’ve turned to our man in the trenches, Wil, for some insight into what it’s like helping minority populations with their diabetes:By D’Mine Columnist / Correspondent Wil DuboisIf your skin is darker th…

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Celebrating the Medicare #DocFix Photo credit: David W. Parke II, MD This week, I made a pilgrimage to Washington DC to attend a reception in the White House Rose Garden at the invitation of President Obama. It was a heady moment for this new CEO of the American Geriatrics Society and the Health in Aging Foundation. My 91-year old mother and her friends were quite impressed–going so far as to ask me to put in a good word for older adults. Got that covered, Mom. Putting aside the excitement of seeing the Rose Garden and shaking President Obama’s hand (I admit shaking a President’s...
I’ve only been purging for about 2 weeks but the last few days I’ve noticed blood in my spit/vom when I purge. It’s not a lot and bright red but I… The blood is not what is abnormal, it is the purging behaviors. Our bodies are not meant to purge up the food we eat (unless it is a natural reaction to being sick or eating something that does not agree with our body). If you see blood while you are purging it may be a sign of a ruptured esophagus or other internal bleeding, especially since it is not bright red. The only advice I have for you is to stop purging and seeking professional help. If after two weeks you have purged enough to make yourself bleed, that is a...
Sunday Funnies: What Color Is That Blood Sugar? Have you heard about DressGate, sweeping the Internet? Whatever color you might believe that now-famous dress is, the color question for the Diabetes Community is pretty clear... Right, we see red every day, indeed :)Thanks once again to the cr......
Sunday Funnies: D-Gadget Goofups Diabetes management in the 21st century has its drawbacks... Thanks to social media guru, funny man, and illustrator Mike Lawson, who like us sometimes gets mixed up by all the D-gadgets we have to carry around along with our phones. What abou......
Sunday Funnies: Manage Your Diabetes, Charlie Brown We know our endos and diabetes educators don't try to be Lucy, but it sometimes feels this way... Props to social media guru, funny man, and illustrator Mike Lawson, who is also a lover of Peanuts-creator Charles Schultz and had some fun with a ......