Francine Kaufman<\/p>\n
It provides a comprehensive medical approach to diabetes management and pump therapy with an appreciation for the real-life challenges and frustrations faced every day by people with diabetes. Dr. Kaufman’s book demonstrates just how well people with diabetes on insulin therapy can manage with insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors.<\/p>\n Kurt Andersen<\/p>\n Now, with the imminent publication of her memoir, she\u2019s about to let the world in on that shocking secret\u2014as soon as she can track down the answers to a few crucial last questions.<\/p>\n \u00a0As Karen reconstructs the past and reconciles the girl she was then with the woman she is now, finally sharing pieces of her secret past with her national-security-cowboy boyfriend and Occupy-activist granddaughter, the power of memory and history and luck become clear. Sounds intriguing, but what we really want to know about is the character’s diabetes.<\/p>\n D-blogger Mike Hoskins who reviewed<\/a> True Believers<\/em> said, “Throughout the narrative, readers are treated to about 30 separate mentions of type 1 diabetes, woven into the story naturally as part and parcel of the protagonist\u2019s life. To achieve this, Kurt transposed some of his own D-experiences and emotions into his main character, who was diagnosed as a teenager in 1967.”<\/p>\n Scott Benner<\/p>\n Life is Short, Laundry is Eternal has a Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Moira McCarthy<\/p>\n Author of the best-selling book The Everything Parent’s Guide to Juvenile Diabetes<\/em><\/a> and creator of the blog\u00a0Despitediabetes<\/a>, McCarthy is a well-known national diabetes advocate and was JDRF’s International Volunteer of the Year in 2007. She and her daughter have been guests on CNN Live, Larry King Live, FOX morning News, Good Morning America and on the front page of the New York Times. Her daughter, now a college student 500 miles away from home, is thriving. Their mantra: despite diabetes, you need to get busy living.<\/p>\n Her up-and-coming book,\u00a0Raising Teens with Diabetes: A Survival Guide for Parents<\/em>, is a no-nonsense, honest approach at not just surviving but thriving in those challenging years, from a mother who has been there.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Riva Greenberg<\/a><\/p>\n Riva Greenberg, a diabetes educator and patient who\u2019s had diabetes for forty years, clears up the confusion, and with a team of top diabetes experts, guides you through 65 steps\u00a0to\u00a0improve how you deal with food\u00a0and eat healthily,\u00a0bring your weight within a normal range if necessary, begin or accelerate your fitness and enjoy it, manage your medicines, lab tests and doctor visits, progress while staying positive, and so much more.\u00a0Worksheets help you start new goals, fellow patients share personal \u201cHow-To\u2019s,\u201d and Haidee S. Merritt\u2019s cartoons put a smile on your face. A section is also dedicated to health care professionals to further help patients succeed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New diabetes books are appearing left and right, and we’ve complied a list of some newly published and up-and-coming titles you won’t want to miss. Check out our diabetes books list, and if you’ve already read the books, please send us your feedback. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":31719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1432,1463],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Insulin-Pumps-and-Continuous-Glucose-Monitoring-A-User\u2019s-Guide-to-Effective-Diabetes-Management.jpg\" "\\"Insulin")
<\/a>Acclaimed pediatric endocrinologist, Dr. Francine Kaufman, who shared a story<\/a> with us about her work in Haiti, has written a book on new diabetes technology. Insulin Pumps and Continuous Glucose Monitoring<\/em>\u00a0explains how new devices can dramatically improve care, as well as how to prepare for the physical and psychological challenges that come with these new regimens.<\/p>\nTrue Believers: A Novel<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Kurt Andersen’s latest novel tells the story of Karen Hollander, who has type 1 diabetes. \u00a0According to the book description, Hollander is a celebrated attorney who removed herself from consideration for appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. Her reasons have their roots in 1968\u2014an episode she\u2019s managed to keep secret for more than forty years.<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
Life Is Short, Laundry Is Eternal: Confessions of a Stay-at-Home Dad<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a>D-blogger Scott Benner, who writes Arden’s Day<\/a> has written a memoir about being a 12-year stay-at-home dad and the father of a little girl with type 1 diabetes.<\/div>\nRaising Teens with Diabetes: A Survival Guide for Parents<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/a>Moira McCarthy’s daughter’s diabetes diagnosis presented her with the ultimate challenge: how to raise a healthy \u2013 but still active and happy child — and how to make a difference in the diabetes world.<\/p>\nDiabetes Do\u2019s & How-To\u2019s<\/a><\/em><\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Riva Greenberg, a Huffington Post blogger, ASweetLife contributor and a dear friend,has a brand new diabetes book out.\u00a0Diabetes Do\u2019s & How-To\u2019s<\/a><\/em>\u00a0is the quintessential \u201cowner\u2019s manual\u201d for those with\u00a0diabetes and pre-diabetes. Here are the small, yet powerful steps to live well with diabetes \u2014 and guidance\u00a0how<\/em>\u00a0to take them. This book isn\u2019t\u00a0about<\/em>\u00a0diabetes, it\u2019s an\u00a0instruction manual\u00a0<\/em>for, simply and quickly,\u00a0creating your best health.<\/p>\n