“Diabetes advocacy is like diabetes care; both are long-term processes with no quick fixes,” says Christel Marchand Aprigliano,…
When my now adult daughter turned six: BAM. There it was, type 1 diabetes, something that would demand a lifetime of constant medical intervention,…
Imagine a molecular container where the building blocks are glued together with a substance that’s sensitive to glucose: when glucose levels…
I was honored to be invited to present the Flourishing Treatment Approach to 300 diabetes educators, nurses, dietitians, social workers,…
One of the most used insults of my childhood was the phrase, you’re a big, fat something, perhaps a big fat liar, or a big fat pig. I don’t…
As editor of ASweetLife, the Diabetes Magazine, one of my jobs is to block the barrage of comments we receive from people claiming to have cured their…
Having lived with type 1 diabetes since the age of four, I can say with certainty that, while it doesn’t stop me from living a full life, it gets in the…
If you ever wanted to know what My Little Pony tastes like, hop on over to Starbucks asap. They’ve got a special edition Unicorn Frappuccino…
Donuts are such a no-no on a healthy diet, right? Unless, of course, you make your own low carb donuts at home, with healthy ingredients. These Chai…
A predictive test could tell researchers whether or not stem cell or islet cell transplant to ‘cure’ diabetes will work.
As a person…