Sara Nicastro Talks Personalized Diabetes Devices

Continuing our series of interviews with the 10 winners of the DiabetesMine Patient Voices Contest that were announced in June, today we’re featuring none other than long-time diabetes blogger and advocate, Sara “Knicks” Nicastro, who was diagnose…

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Gene loss creates eating disorder-related behaviors in mice Building on their discovery of a gene linked to eating disorders in humans, a team of researchers has now shown that loss of the gene in mice leads to several behavioral abnormalities that resemble behaviors seen in people with anorexia nervosa....
Ask D’Mine: Hungry Cells and Mixing Up the Mix Happy Saturday! Welcome back to Ask D'Mine, our weekly advice column hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois. This week, Wil offers thoughts on sugar absorption in people with diabetes (not quite what you might ......
Ask D’Mine: The Best Birth Control for FWDs is… Need help navigating life with diabetes? Ask D'Mine! That would be our weekly advice column, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator Wil Dubois.This week, Wil's done some serious homework on a women-specific issue: Birth Control. B......
Diabetes Educator Janis Roszler on Coping (Meet "Purple Harriet") Earlier today, we told you about how diabetes education is changing and those in the field are starting to listen more to the voice of the patient and encourage us to write our own stories.At the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) c......
Does food addiction exist? Research finds food addicts lacking psychological inhibition Women with weight problems were more impulsive than average in a food-related psychology test, a new research paper has shown. This suggested that they are more instinctively stimulated by images of food as well as lacking contemplative will power. Further, some women reported food craving even if they had eaten recently, a symptom of possible food addiction....