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UK Researcher Putting the ‘Human’ into Diabetes Tech Design It's no secret that we're big fans of diabetes technology, from new meters to insulin pumps and real-time data devices and apps. But so often, this D-tech is missing a key piece: the human side, that takes into account how we might feel about that......
TBT: Turf versus Access to Care This week’s TBT post was written during last year;s National Nurses Week. Although the situation has improved there still is a ways to go. The post is a good reminder of what nurses do and how an expanded role for them would improve the health care system. This is Nurses Week, often a time when health care organizations patronize nurses with free food and tchotchkes. We’d rather have the right to be able to contribute our talents and expertise to improving the health of people by being able to practice to the full extent of our education and training. Last...
My child plays no sports. band geek FTW!! I am definitely not a sportswoman. I was born before the push for girls in sports. I claim (I think I read it somewhere?) it’s all because when there’s dyslexia in a family the non-dyslexic sibling will have poor athletic prowess. The bottom line is I’m not traditionally athletic. I’ve discovered through trial & error, however, I enjoy moving my body and lifting heavy things/setting em back down. Most days the “heavy thing” I end up lifting is my body and I’m more than content with this fact. I think that was the reason I never...
Kids with Diabetes Can Be Depressed, Too We're in the final days of May - National Mental Health Awareness Month - and earlier this month, I shared my own personal struggles in dealing with depression and diabetes. But that was through my lens as an adult with diabetes. What about childr......