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15 Things Not to Say to Someone with a Chronic or Invisible Illness
An invisible illness could get better, but it also may not. So figuring out how to live within the confines of your illness and make the most of it is more productive than expecting to get better. This is not to say that you shouldn’t hope to get better- just that you shouldn’t count on it. That’s denial.
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Babysitting a Child with Diabetes
Over the past few months, I have grown acquainted with a family of four – a couple with two kids, one being a 9 year old girl with diabetes. Her parents…
Twice Baked Spaghetti Squahs
Twice Baked Spaghetti Squash
Spaghetti squash is such a versatile vegetable, with its stringy flesh that really does resemble spaghetti noodles. Since it's relatively low carb, it makes a great alternative to pasta. I've come across some smaller spaghetti squash recently and found...
LADA and GAD: Diagnosing Type 1.5 Diabetes
LADA and GAD: Diagnosing Type 1.5 Diabetes
Until now, the effectiveness of GAD antibody testing as a diagnostic has not been completely endorsed by the scientific community. Researchers at the Institute of Diabetes Research at the Helmholtz Zentrum München, partners in the Deutsches Zentrum für Diabetesforschung (DZD - German Center for Diabetes Research) however, have concluded a study that recommends use of the test in diagnosing LADA.
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Happy Birthday, Diabetes
For the anniversary of my diabetes my girlfriend said she’d buy me a cake—and eat it in front of me. That would’ve been a good start to a strange celebration.…
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Getting Insulin from Gut Cells: Diabetes Cure Research
“If we really want to have an effective therapy for diabetes, we need something that works as well as a beta cell,” Dr. Stanger explains, adding that cell therapy, rather than insulin or drug therapy, “actually gives cells back to people to replace the ones that are no longer working or have been destroyed.”
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Smart Insulin: A JDRF Video
In 2003, an MIT chemical engineer founded a company called SmartCells, to develop smart insulin. Smart insulin is a form of insulin that circulates in the bloodstream and turns on when it’s needed to lower blood sugars and off when blood sugars are at safe levels.
Ice Lemon Sugar Cookies
Iced Lemon Sugar Cookies (Low Carb)
The original idea for this recipe was to make Greek Easter cookies, but the dough just wouldn't hold together well enough to be rolled and twisted into shape. However, it was too tasty to waste and it worked beautifully as a cutout sugar cookie.