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Halloween seems to be the perfect time to share another really interesting interview I got to do recently - with diabetes' very own superhero team, Captain Glucose and Meter Boy. You might have heard of them and seen their comics and their animates before, but if not, you should definitely check them out at their Web ...

Last week we launched two new surveys in TuAnalyze, on insulin delivery systems and blood glucose monitors. A big thank you to everyone who has taken these surveys—so far each has been completed over 200 times! The purpose of these surveys, which were developed in collaboration with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is to gain ...

This is an uncomfortable subject for me. It's an embarrassing subject for me. I'm not sharing my story for attention. I'm sharing my story because there were so many signs I had and no one knew about what I was doing, not even my husband or my mother or my best friend. They didn't know there ...

35 years ago July 1976 seems like another lifetime ago. I was 12 years old at the time and just like any other kid glad that summer vacation was finally here. At that point in time there was a bad strain of flu going around called the hong kong flu or what we know today at ...

Check out this great project by Leeann at The Butter Compartment: I wanted to do something that would bring a little World Diabetes Day celebration to everyone. The rules are simple: (...)  

I am not sure how to put into words the feelings that I experienced when my doctor told me I was a diabetic. I have read that many people equate these feelings to losing a loved one. I would tend to agree with this comparison. In the immediate days following my diagnosis, I literally felt numb ...

Learning About Diabetes, Inc., has introduced My New Shadow, an innovative monthly serial comic book about a teenager with type 1 diabetes, as a new, free program on its' web site. The first section is already up, and was written by a teen with diabetes. (...)

I am rather new to this community but already feel comfortable and read to get to know all of you! The reason for this blog post is to get some feedback/opinions from you guys. I am planning on getting a tattoo to represent me but also alert medical professionals if ever need be. For a while, ...

"Learn how islet cell transplantation can cure Type 1 diabetes"... Diabetes symposium at the Minnesota Medical Foundation. (...)

Yesterday I toured the research lab of Dr. Tejal Desai, on the UCSF SoMa campus.  Dr. Desai's team is researching islet cell encapsulation, with the eventual goal of implanting "protected" cells into people with diabetes to restore blood sugar auto-regulation.  Hey!  I want that! I already knew a wee bit about the idea: you take insulin-producing ...