Sunday Funnies: A Little Diabetes Love

Wondering what to give your PWD Valentine? As always, we appreciate the D-love that goes into every illustration by Terry Keelan, a fellow type 1 living in Southern California who is very active with the athlete’s group Insulindependence.

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Weight Stigma and Binge Eating: What’s the Connection? My article appeared originally on Recovery Brands' Pro Corner site.Karina, a 42-year-old obese woman, put off her annual doctor’s appointment again. The reason for her reluctance? Karina fears her doctor’s judgments and admonitions about her weight. Several years back, her doctor read her the riot act about her weight and since that visit, Karina’s weight has climbed even more.Karina is not alone. Research indicates that higher weight individuals report experiencing weight stigma and negative stereotypes across a variety of situations and at the hands of family members, friends, doctors, bosses, teachers, and often, strangers.Last month marked the second annual Weight...
Living on the Street with Diabetes: How Can We Help? The holiday season can be an especially difficult time for those who don't have the comforts of a permanent address and are forced to live on the streets. Toss a health condition like diabetes into the mix, and life can get pretty unbearable.We'd ......
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D-Blog Week: My Diabetes Hero On our final day of Diabetes Blog Week 2012 (boo, so sad!), we are ending the week on a high note by blogging about our "Diabetes Hero." As Karen suggests: "It can be anyone you'd like to recognize or admire, someone you know personally or not, so......
Aware-lidays Giveaway: Delicious Ways to Get Level! We're back with our fourth installment of the 2013 DiabetesMine 'Aware-lidays' Giveaway, mixing up November's Diabetes Awareness with the approaching holiday season...Yup, it's Awareness + Holidays = 'Aware-lidays!'So far we've given away everythi......