“Diabetes advocacy is like diabetes care; both are long-term processes with no quick fixes,” says Christel M…
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JDRF Stands Up for People with Pre-Existing Conditions
When my now adult daughter turned six: BAM. There it was, type 1 diabetes, something that would demand a lifetime of con…
Sorry, But These Things Will Not Cure Diabetes
As editor of ASweetLife, the Diabetes Magazine, one of my jobs is to block the barrage of comments we receive from peopl…
Improving the Lives of the Most Vulnerable People with Diabetes
Diabetes is the great DIY disease. More than most other chronic conditions, people with diabetes spend a lot of time tes…
My Daughter Without Diabetes
My older daughter – the one without diabetes – is expecting her first child, a girl, due this summer. My granddaughter w…
Springtime Styles that Suit your Insulin Pump
Diabetes affects every facet of daily life—diet, sleep, and exercise, to name a few. It can even affect clothing choices…
8 Tips For a Successful Snowboarding Weekend With Diabetes
Back in early January, I sent an email out to some of my friends asking them if they might be interested in getting away…
Critical Path’s New Initiative to Halt Type 1 Diabetes
A non-profit organization called the Critical Path Institute is spearheading a new initiative called the Type 1 Diabetes…
Has A British Man Really Been Cured of Type 1 Diabetes?
I have been living with type 1 diabetes for 25 years now. The relentlessness of type 1, and the fact that I will probabl…
Novo Nordisk and CVS Offer Discounted, But Inferior, Insulin
This week, Novo Nordisk and CVS Health announced a new program that will offer discounts on insulin, a life-sustaining d…