Saturday, April 27, 2013

Sick Days

10 Tips for Managing Diabetes on Sick Days
"Whether it's the common cold, a stomach virus, the flu, or something more serious, an illness can make managing blood sugars very difficult for anyone with type 1 or type 2 diabetes."

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Data-Driven Ideas

5 Data-Driven Ideas To Combat Diabetes
"The Data Design Diabetes Challenge offers $100,000 to startups that are finding innovative ways to combat the diabetes epidemic, from better meals determined by algorithm to predicting which patients won't take their medication."

Sharing Diabetes

Sharing Diabetes With Others (Part 1)

Sharing Diabetes With Others (Part 2)

Sharing Diabetes With Others (Part 3)

Spoonful of Sugar Free

SpoonfulofSugarFree.com

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Diabetes Police

Diabetes Police: Revisted.
"Sometimes crude animation, and the repeated mention of cookies, ends up stuck in my head all day long. This is an older video (good grief, it's from 2008?!) about the often-times well-meaning diabetes police, and how the support of friends (and a good iced coffee delivered by a cat) can make all the difference."

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Recruit Your Peers To Help Stop Diabetes

An Online Platform That Recruits Your Peers To Help Stop Diabetes
"Prevent is a program that creates small social networks of people at risk for diabetes so they can work on changing their behavior and avoiding the disease together."

Mind Your Eating

Minding Your Eating... and Your Diabetes

For Two

Diabetes for Two

We're Human

We're Not Bad, We're Human

10 Commandments

Diabetes Health Magazine's 10 Commandments
1. Thou shalt not judge people with diabetes
2. Thou shalt respect people's differences in how they manage their diabetes
3. Thou shalt congregate with others who have diabetes in support of one another
4. Thou shalt advocate on behalf of people with diabetes
5. Thou shalt reach out and help someone with diabetes
6. Thou shalt not discriminate against any type of diabetes
7. Thou shalt encourage others to be their best
8. Thou shalt inspire one another by good example
9. Thou shalt not hold unrealistic standards or expectations of others with diabetes
10. Thou shalt stand by others' sides when they are feeling hopeless

~ DiabetesHealth.com