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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Joslin Educator Wins Communication Award
Amy Campbell, M.S., R.D., L.D.N., C.D.E., has been awarded the 2012 Will Solimene Award for Excellence in Medical Communication for her article on probiotic and prebiotics for Diabetes Self-Management, a magazine geared for people with diabetes. For over 20 years, … Continue reading
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Tight Blood Glucose Control is Good for Your Heart
Results from the Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (EDIC), study, a continuation of the Diabetes Control and Complication Trial (DCCT), have proven that intensive control has the same positive benefits for cardiovascular disease as for the microvascular complications of … Continue reading
Gastroparesis and Diabetes: Another Aspect of Neuropathy
Patients with long standing diabetes usually have some evidence of damage to the nervous system, or neuropathy. If you have neuropathy you may be familiar with pain, tingling, numbness or loss of feeling in the feet or hands (called peripheral … Continue reading
Attacking Autoimmunity at the Genetic Level
Stephan Kissler, Joslin’s new addition to the immunology team, is trying to crack the genetic code behind type 1 diabetes. And the end result could prevent the disease from happening in the first place. Type 1 diabetes happens when the … Continue reading
What They Should Know–From Mark Mariano
Friday’s post: Today let’s borrow a topic from a #dsma chat held last September. The tweet asked “What is one thing you would tell someone that doesn’t have diabetes about living with diabetes?”. Let’s do a little advocating and post … Continue reading
What They Should Know — From Educator Nora Saul
Friday’s post: Today let’s borrow a topic from a #dsma chat held last September. The tweet asked “What is one thing you would tell someone that doesn’t have diabetes about living with diabetes?”. Let’s do a little advocating and post … Continue reading
Fantasy Diabetes Device — From Educator Nora Saul
Thursday’s Post: Today let’s tackle an idea inspired by Bennet of Your Diabetes May Vary. Tell us what your Fantasy Diabetes Device would be? Think of your dream blood glucose checker, delivery system for insulin or other meds, magic carb … Continue reading
Pediatric Educator Celebrated for 40 Years at Joslin
Cynthia Pasquarello, B.S.N., R.N., C.D.E., an educator in the Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Program, has seen a lot of diabetes history. She started at the Joslin Diabetes Center in 1972, surrounded by the pioneers of diabetes research and care—including … Continue reading
One Thing to Improve — From Educator Nora Saul
Wednesday’s Prompt: Yesterday we gave ourselves and our loved ones a big pat on the back for one thing we are great at. Today let’s look at the flip-side. We probably all have one thing we could try to do … Continue reading
One Great Thing — From “Diabetic Diva”
Tuesday’s Prompt: Living with diabetes (or caring for someone who lives with it) sure does take a lot of work, and it’s easy to be hard on ourselves if we aren’t “perfect”. But today it’s time to give ourselves some … Continue reading