Diabetes and Sex: What's Your Intimacy IQ?
When diabetes enters the bedroom, things can get interesting. What if you go low when things get hot? Which intimacy aids are best, and which ones are off limits? And how do you handle a lagging libidio? Test your Intimacy IQ now and pick up some 'best practices' for more pleasure.
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Are You Stressed Out?
Stress can make your blood sugars higher and your quality of life lower. Are you stressed out? Take the dLife Stress Screening Quiz, then find out how you can relax, revive, and remain in control of your diabetes.
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Introducing ... Blogabetes!
dLife introduces Blogabetes - a new diabetes blog featuring some of your favorite voices from the diabetes blogosphere and some new voices as well!
Blogabetes will highlight "real life" with diabetes. These are people making sense of a "diabetes diet." These are people wearing insulin pumps. These are the parents of children with diabetes. These are people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes telling the true stories of what it's really like to live with diabetes.
It's diabetes, unscripted. Check it out and get to know the Blogabetes bloggers!
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Fall Into Good Control
The leaves are changing colors, wool jackets are being pulled from their summer storage bins, and the weather has that crisp, fall edge. While the seasons are changing, it’s important to remain vigilant in your diabetes care. From warm, soothing soups to the fun of Halloween, ‘tis the season to fall into good control. Find out how.
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Celebrating Religious Holidays with Diabetes
Many religious observances are challenging for people with diabetes, particularly those that involve food or fasting. We are in the midst of the Jewish high holy days, culminating in Yom Kippur this Friday. Visit Friends With Diabetes for their comprehensive series of Diabetes Guides focusing on different Jewish holidays.
FWD founder Rabbi Hirsch Meisels is looking for input from Jewish readers with type 1 diabetes who have experience with fasting:
I urgently need some feedback from type 1's who fasted in previous years. How did you (or more precisely, how did your body handle) the breaking of the fast at the end of the day? Did your BG spike? How high? What did you then do? How long did it take you to get back to normal numbers?
Comment here or contact Rabbi Meisels if you would like to contribute.
This is also the Islamic month of Ramadan, which traditionally involves dawn to dusk fasting. Diabetes UK has an excellent primer on dealing with diabetes issues during Ramadan.
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dLifeTV Gets Inked
Are you a tattoo fan? Or just like reality TV? Then don't miss this Sunday's edition of dLifeTV with Darren Brass of Miami Ink fame for an up-close-and-personal encounter with this TLC television star.
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Calling All Exercisers!
Hey dLifers! Sheri Colberg-Ochs, our dLife Expert Columnist and author of several books about diabetes, is working on her second edition of The Diabetic Athlete. She's looking to include you - members of the diabetes community - and your views on what you normally do to adjust for exercise to keep your blood sugars in control, and especially for any unusual sports or activities.
Click here to fill out the short survey. And thanks for your participation!
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Romance and Diabetes: Tips for Couples
Combining diabetes with a romantic partnership can be a delicate balance. Living with it is one thing, but what about if you are the partner of a person with diabetes? How do couples handle the intricacies, and the intimacies, of that relationship? Read more about making diabetes a healthy part of your relationship.
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Do You Know the Signs?
Recently, researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health conducted a study to determine if a school-based prevention program could help reduce students' risks of developing unhealthy food management behaviors.
Diabetes management, with its focus on eating and nutrition, has the potential to create a preoccupation with food. Sometimes this preoccupation becomes an obsession, building momentum until food is almost viewed as dangerous. Worrying about eating the wrong foods and using terms such as “cheating” are unhealthy perspectives that can contribute to the development of an eating disorder.
The combination of an eating disorder and diabetes can be deadly. Do you know the signs? Find out more, and empower yourself with information.
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Congrats to Kendall Simmons!
According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Steeler's starting right guard Kendall Simmons has been signed for another four years. Diagnosed in 2003 with type 2 diabetes, Simmons has been managing his diabetes successfully both on and off the field.
Our warmest congratulations to Kendall and his family - and good luck in the coming NFL season!
Related: Watch Kendall Simmons on dLifeTV!
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