Sunday Funnies: Eyes on Diabetes

Geez, have the diabetes police gone high-tech? Thanks to the creative Jerry King, a regular cartoonist here at the ‘Mine who’s a worldwide drawing talent creating more than 200 cartoons each month for websites, magazines, newspapers, greeting ca…

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Chatting with the AADE’s New Guard Every year the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) elects new leaders, which is normally not big news for us. However, this year's new AADE leadership should be turning heads among the patient community -- because two of the ladies a......
I don’t know where I would be without the people I have met on my recovery journey I am a very lucky person. For most of my adult life I have had many friends around me. But for years I felt like the loneliest person in the world. It is only now, after having gone through years of treatment that I have realised that it was only myself that I had to blame for my loneliness. For the most part I found that my friends and family have been supportive to me in recovery and it was only my own fears and insecurities that was making me push them away.I told almost no-one about my problemsFor...
Rats, frosting helping find genetic causes of binge-eating Two strains of rats, cans of vanilla frosting and a theory have brought science a step closer to finding the genetic causes of binge eating and eventually a treatment. Females are primarily effected by eating disorders with a ratio of only one male for every ten women. These disorders can last for years. During this timeframe, effective treatment is critical since eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric disorder. And if it doesn't kill, the damage it wreaks can be irreversible. By using different types of female rats, the scientists have effectively reduced the high number of...
Our relationship with food: What drives us to eat, suffer eating disorders? A growing body of evidence shows the impact of diet on brain function, and identifies patterns of brain activity associated with eating disorders such as binge eating and purging....
Tom Brobson: My Experience in the Artificial Pancreas Clinical Trials The Artificial Pancreas has the potential to become a huge leap forward in diabetes care. As anxious as all of us are to push the boundaries in diabetes technology, we can't forget the importance of clinical trials; nothing will move forward witho......