Paula Deen: Cooking Up a New Life With Diabetes
Paula Deen, a celebrity Southern chef known for her unrestrained love of butter and sugar, is no stranger to the media. She received a flurry of bad press recently when she revealed that she had been...
View ArticleHave You Noticed This About Your Diabetes?
In response to a post that I wrote on October 19, 2012, asking readers to contribute their opinions, John M wrote to me asking for more information. After exchanging a few emails, we came up with an...
View ArticleDiabetes Heroes Come In All Ages
Last summer, I led the third annual swim-run biathlon for the Barton Center for Diabetes Education, which hosts two Massachusetts camps for children with type 1-Camp Joslin for boys and Camp Clara...
View ArticleBehind the Wheel, But Still in Control
Last May, 24-year-old Charlie Kimball was in Car #35, taking Turn 3 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during the Firestone Freedom 100. He was in radio contact with his pit crew, who informed him that...
View ArticleMolly Martin, Motocross Racer
Molly Martin is a vibrant and energetic 18-year-old from Texas who's had type 1 diabetes since the age of two. Five years ago, Molly took up motocross racing. She says, "I love riding motocross---it's...
View ArticleIncorporating Exercise Into a Busy Life
I would exercise if I had more time... if I had a health club membership... if it didn't hurt so much... if I knew what exercises to do... if I could do it with my family... if I could control my blood...
View ArticleDoctors Can Be Everyday Heroes, Too
Dr. Kenneth P. Moritsugu, MD, MPH, FACPM is a very interesting man. He served as the Acting Surgeon General of the United States in 2006 and was made Chairman of the Johnson & Johnson Diabetes...
View ArticleTraveling With Diabetes
My diabetes and I have traveled a lot of miles together in nineteen years. Racing Ironman triathlons in Australia, Europe, the Carribean and all over North America, climbing and camping at the top of...
View ArticleScore With Scott M. King: A Diabetes And Life Coach
We are delighted to announce that Scott Millay King, cofounder and former editor-in-chief of Diabetes Health, is coming back to the magazine as a regular columnist. You might remember his popular...
View ArticleEach One of Us Inspires the Other
Every spring since 1999, the Diabetes Education and Camping Association (DECA) has distributed our publication to their young campers. In honor of their youthful enthusiasm, our springtime issue always...
View ArticleA New Health Concern - And a Reason to Be Grateful
A short while ago my middle finger on my left hand started acting weird. It was sticking in a bent position, for lack of a better term. If you've ever seen Jim Carrey in the comedy movie Liar, Liar...
View ArticleGiving Thanks to the Diabetes Online Community
Sometimes I forget just how amazing the diabetes online community is. I mean, I know I adore the people I’ve met over the almost 19 years I have lived with diabetes, but the things they have done for...
View ArticleYou've Just Been Diagnosed With Type 2: Five Things to Keep in Mind
You've just been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
View ArticleLooking for Mr. Good Pain
Whether because of age, weight, or lack of athletic chops, most type 2s-and I'm one of them-have settled on walking as their main form of exercise. It's the simplest, easiest exercise you can do: Put...
View ArticleDiabetes Health Readers, Can You Lend Us a Hand?
We're looking for readers' help in two areas:
View ArticleLearn To Control Your Diabetes, Before It Controls You
A Diabetes Health Classic. This article originally was published on June 20, 2007.
View ArticleFighting My Lifelong Enemy, Diabetes
"For the joy of the Lord is your strength." Nehemiah 8:10
View ArticleA DH Classic: Halloween Is More Than Scary for Parents of Trick-or-Treaters...
(Editor's Note: We originally published this article in October 2008. Laura Plunkett's observations are timeless, and her comments elicited several interesting responses from readers.)
View ArticleRev Run and Wife Justine Make Diabetes Prevention a Family Affair
Your family can be the most important tool in your arsenal when it comes to preventing the onset of type 2 diabetes or managing existing symptoms.
View ArticleDiabetes Health: crossword puzzle #1
Here is something new at Diabetes Health -- a crossword puzzle. This first crossword puzzle should be easy for the veterans with diabetes (Everyone will be challenged at one point or another.)
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