Diabetes Mine has launched a new Patient Voices Contest in which e-Patients and hands-on caregivers can voice their concerns about diabetes device design. To enter, patients and caregivers must submit a 2-3 minute video describing what they would like to see from diabetes device makers, and what issues they have with the current technology.    The...

Before I had diabetes I was a full-time snacker.  Snacking with diabetes, however, is complicated.  It requires planning to keep blood glucose levels in check.  I’m rarely that organized. Instead, I cut back on snacks by trying to make sure that I don’t snack for no reason.  One way to do that is to make hunger a prerequisite...

When Mike runs long distances, he knows to check his blood sugar frequently.  He carries energy gels in his running pack and uses several of them in almost every long run.  He’s got the routine down to as close to perfect as you can get with diabetes.  But what often takes him by surprise is the fact that many times even hours...

Many of us eat more than we’d like at holiday dinners. Sometimes you  just need to let go and enjoy.  Last night at our Passover seder, for example, I took seconds and thirds on the baby artichokes.  (They were, delicious, Mike!).  After the meal I felt way too full.  So Mike and I took  Jane Kokernak’s advice and went...

What’s hiding at the Passover seder?   If you answered “afikoman,” you’re right. (The afikomen is a piece of matzo traditionally hidden during the Passover seders.  Children search for the afikomen and the child who finds it gets a prize.) But something is else is hiding at the seder too. Carbohydrates! Be aware....

American Diabetes Association Alert Day® is a one-day “wake-up call” asking the American public to take the Diabetes Risk Test to find out if they are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. Held on the fourth Tuesday of every March, the next Alert Day will be held on March 27, 2012. For every Diabetes Risk Test taken, Boar’s...

Although I live in an apartment with cat and dog hair scattered around and all the dirt that three little boys bring home, I’m a clean-freak at heart.  I clean the keyboard on my laptop, I’ve been known to wipe down my cell phone, and recently I’ve thought quite a bit about the fact that Mike’s insulin pump, which...

Meri Schuhmacher writes the blog Our Diabetic Life.  She and her husband Ryan are the parents of fours sons, three of whom have type 1 diabetes.  Right now this special family is praying for a miracle.  Last month Ryan, 40, was diagnosed with cancer, and he has a giant battle to fight.  Funds are being raised to help the Schuhmachers....

Some people with type 1 diabetes are at an increased risk for having traffic accidents due to low blood sugar levels (hypoglycemia).   A team of researchers at the University of Virginia, which has been conducting diabetes research studies funded by NIH for the past 25 years, is now conducting a study with the hope of helping the diabetes...

I first learned about National Eating Disorders Awareness (NEDA) Week (February 26 -March 3, 2012) on Gena Hamshaw’s fantastic blog, Choosing Raw.  The mission of NEDA Awareness Week “is to ultimately prevent eating disorders and body image issues while reducing the stigma surrounding eating disorders and improving access...