Digital diabetes care, worth the cost?
The healthcare press headlines read “digital diabetes care is not worth the cost.” Okay, that got my attention. But let’s take a closer look…
Continue readingThe healthcare press headlines read “digital diabetes care is not worth the cost.” Okay, that got my attention. But let’s take a closer look…
Continue readingI appeared on the Hangry Woman’s pod, Your Diabestie. The conversation was wide ranging and about all things diabetes.
Continue readingHere we are, in the wake of another Diabetes Awareness Month. A month of being bombarded with tributes to Dr. Banting, ads featuring that musician and his snazzy CGM, and PSAs going on and on about how we need to look for the signs. The same old questions came up – yet again. Why don’t we see more people with type 2 diabetes online?
Continue readingRecently Oprah characterized using Ozempic for weight loss as “taking the easy way out.”
Wait. What?
Continue readingIt was about five years ago that I wrote my first article about the importance of disaster preparedness when living with diabetes. Looking back, the advice I gave then seems almost quaint. It was all about making sure your devices were charged up and you had a backup battery. These days disaster prep requires so much more.
Continue reading𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗺𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻? This international effort by 51 people affected by diabetes from 18 countries generated a strong research-backed statement in response to the harm done by diabetes stigma and discrimination. Let it be a catalyst for positive change. To find out more and take the pledge visit EndDiabetesStigma.org.
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