Sunday Funnies: Do the Math

Funny how with diabetes, people often look at you like you’re either brilliant, or completely nuts… Thanks to Terry Keelan, our guest cartoonist this month. Terry is a type 1 PWD living in Southern California, and is very active with the at…

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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...
Diabetes Design Challenges — New Frontiers Today we're happy and proud here at DiabetesMine. By all accounts, the DiabetesMine Design Challenge we've hosted here for the past three years has been a roaring success. We inspired creative thinkers from all over the country and all over the wo......
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......
Former Miss America Pens "Reality Check" for Young Adults with Diabetes (with Giveaway!) We're always impressed by people who just won't let diabetes stand in their way.One of the best examples of that is Nicole Johnson, a fellow type 1 who achieved the dream of becoming Miss America in 1999, and also became a journalist, despite bein......