Sadly, I’ve been watching a lot of TV lately. The whole no school and no job thing leaves me with a lot of free time. This morning I was watching the Today show. A segment on infertility came on as soon as I switched the TV on.

I receive a lot of emails with questions about diabetes, mostly on pump models or how to motivate teenagers to test their glucose more often.  I do my best to point people to the most valuable resources around. But late last week last I got an email I felt helpless to reply to: “I’m 28 years

A comprehensive new survey of all 152 PCTs undertaken and published by the Medical Technology Group (MTG), backed by national diabetes support groups INPUT, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), clinicians and leading cross-party MPs, has exposed major inequities in care for patients with diabetes across the country…

On my mom and I’s Italian vacation back in May, I discovered a new love: risotto. A delicious Italian rice dish that’s full of flavor and tailored to my own tastebuds. On the cruise, I had two types of risotto. My favorite was mushroom and spinach risotto which combines two of my favorite ingredients anyway.

Back to School seems to be coming earlier every year — although for me, psychologically, it will always be the Tuesday after Labor Day.  Speaking of the psychological aspects of school life, I asked my D-correspondent extraordinaire Allison Blass to share her thoughts about being a kid with diabetes in the classroom: who do you

One of the most ambitious large-scale projects in Human Genetics has been launched: Epitwin will capture the subtle epigenetic signatures that mark the differences between 5,000 twins on a scale and depth never before attempted, providing key therapeutic targets for the development of drug treatments…

Today,  at the grocery store, I spotted a pump.

I’ve been nursing a lot of highs lately. I’m not talking about the mediocre 200s, but full blown 400s and 300s. Both Saturday and today, I’ve been stuck well above a comfortable range.

There is serious concern about top-selling diabetes drug rosiglitazone (Avandia), its safety, as well as the whole system by which medications are regulated, evaluated and promoted worldwide, according to a BMJ (British Medical Journal) investigation. Dr. Fiona Godlee, BMJ Editor-in-Chief, thinks Avandia should not have been licensed; she believes it should be withdrawn…

OK, so I haven’t raised a dime yet, but there are a couple things in the works. I contacted our local coffeehouse in town to see if they’d be interested in hosting a small benefit show. It will need to be small. The coffeehouse is about the size of my kitchen.