Sunday Funnies: Our Constant Companion

Even when traveling, guess who’s along for the ride? Thanks to our cartoonist Mike Durbin, who blogs at My Diabetic Heart and knows a thing or two about traveling with diabetes.

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Yoga: Standing Warrior Series Today's practice is a standing warrior series. Some benefits of each pose in the series are: Standing at Attention/ Mt. Pose Benefits: can create a sense of grounding and centering. Can increase focus, improve balance and draw your awareness inward. Warrior II Benefits: can increase focus, strength, and presence. Can create an opportunity to track the fluctuations of the mind and a possibility to invite the breath to calm the mind. Extended Side Angle- Variation Benefits: energizing, strengthening, grounding, heart opener. Reverse Warrior Benefits: stretches sides of torso and arms, opens the hips, strengthening, opening. Click...
Plymouth dental school top in England Dental students with a young patient at a paediatric clinic held at the Derriford Dental Education Facility in Plymouth The Guardian university league table has placed Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry top in England overall and top in the UK for ‘valued added’, out of all dental schools in the country. The school was second in the UK for student satisfaction in the course, and in the top five for satisfaction with teaching and feedback. Plymouth is the first dental school in the UK to teach its students in a primary care setting, in purpose-designed Dental Education Facilities (DEF)...
Four Years: Finding Rainbows in the Storm December 14, 2010, a day that forever changed my life and ultimately prepared me for what life had in store. Fours years ago I would have never guessed that my eating disorder would be the greatest gift in what would ultimately become the most traumatic time in my life. This year my world suddenly and drastically changed on […]...
Thinking Twice About Using Apidra in Insulin Pumps Anyone going on a brand spanking new insulin pump is probably filled with anticipation and excitement, but there's always a little bit of trepidation when it comes to a new piece of medical technology. Will it meet my needs? Will I like using it? ......
D-Mom Says: "Kids First, Diabetes Second" It is always exciting to see one of "our own" - a diabetes blogger and advocate - find success offline. That's why we're thrilled to announce the publication of a new book, Kids First, Diabetes Second by Leighann Calentine, the author of D-Mom Blo......