November 2012 DSMA Blog Carnival: Advocating Differently?

As we come to the end of Diabetes Awareness Month and the year, it’s always a good chance to reflect a little on what we do.Turns out, this month’s DSMA (Diabetes Social Media Advocacy) Blog Carnival prompt encourages all of us active in the Diabe…

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Ask D:Mine: And the ‘Worst’ Type of Diabetes Is… Need help navigating life with diabetes? You can always Ask D'Mine! Welcome again to our weekly Q&A column, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator Wil Dubois. This week, Wil tackles that universal question of "who has it worse......
BDP 027 | Alexis Newell Interview, Apps and Diabetes Project Blogging Diabetes Podcast Episode 27 Some topics I cover are: Episode 26 Previous podcast – Dukan Diet, Saving My Life and News BD Project – Diabetes Events & Conferences Instant Heart Rate App Skin Prevention App Blue Heel Society Blue Chucks Society JDRF Apidra Novalog Celiac Disease Alopecia Areata – Hair loss Genetic Testing for […]..................................................................... I want to sincerely thank you for your continued support. This blog is better because of you. Check out Blogging Diabetes on Facebook and join the conversation! BDP 027 | Alexis Newell Interview, Apps and Diabetes Project is a post from: Blogging Diabetes...
Around the Blogosphere – September 2012 Edition Another month has come and gone, and with that we are changing seasons. This final month of summer-turned-autumn was a busy one for our Diabetes Online Community, and it brought out some truly amazing - and also heartbreaking - posts. Below, in no......
Female children of service members more vulnerable to eating disorders, obesity than civilians Adolescent female military dependents may be at higher risk than civilians for eating disorders and associated problems, according to a study that gives insight into the additional vulnerabilities of adolescent female military dependents. The study shows that they reported more disordered eating and depression than civilians....
The top 10 books about addiction Sex, food, envy, drugs, dreams and drink: addiction is never simple and rarely forgotten. SJ Watson, author of Before I Go To Sleep and now Second Life, shares his top 10 titlesI’d been working on my second novel for a while before I realised what it was really about. I’d been thinking about online lives, about how social networking allows us to present multiple versions of ourselves to the world, identities that are both highly curated and tightly controlled. At the same time, I’d been musing on how our sense of self is never really fixed, yet we tell ourselves...