Researchers say that could have a cure for Type 1 diabetes in two to five years by using an individual's own stem cells to create new insulin-producing islet cells, according to a recent article from ArkLaTex.com. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the body mistakenly identifies the body's insulin-producing cells as foreign cells [...]

Researchers say that could have a cure for Type 1 diabetes in two to five years by using an individual's own stem cells to create new insulin-producing islet cells, according to a recent article from ArkLaTex.com. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the body mistakenly identifies the body's insulin-producing cells as foreign cells [...]

Researchers say that could have a cure for Type 1 diabetes in two to five years by using an individual's own stem cells to create new insulin-producing islet cells, according to a recent article from ArkLaTex.com. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the body mistakenly identifies the body's insulin-producing cells as foreign cells [...]

You can read the details for the position here: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/npo/2417308716.html Please drop us a line at JOBS at diabeteshf.org if you think you are a good fit for the position.

The latest from StrongDiabetic.com Direct Link: Strength Training for Diabetes Today's article covers two specific workouts for diabetics to build muscle.

I mean that as "a NOT good Summer" I have been wrapped up in my own stuff here and I've not been here too much. I just check in for about 10 minutes aday and hardly ever say anything but when I do here lately I give Medicare a hardtime. My pump decided to go kapoot last month and I've kinda been fighting the highs, Got a 90 day loaner but now I'm working on ordering a new one. Hope all are doing well! It's just been one of those Summers (not a Summer fan anyway. I MUCH perfer Fall to Summer)…

Last Tuesday, Pete and I flew to Florida to experience CWD’s Friends for Life for the first time.  Although I’ll write more later about everything we did and everyone we saw, I can tell you now that... Visit my blog to read more.

Tell us 3 things that are true about you, your condition, your Health Activism, or your life. Now tell us 1 lie. Do you think we will be able to tell the difference? I’m the first to admit I’m a... Visit my blog to read more.

So yeah, the other night I had an odd dream involving the show Castle.  I was part of the team working on some murder case.  We were in a big hotel that looked oddly like a set of dorms at my alma... Visit my blog to read more.

Dr. Bernstein has been preaching about this on his web telecasts for years, but it bears repeating: If you are having problems with generic metformin or not seeing it make much impact on your blood sugar, change brands before you assume it isn't working or that you can't tolerate it. I just had this message brought home to me when my pharmacy (Walgreens) filled my prescription for metformin ER

There have been several studies in the news over the past few weeks that reinforce the healthfulness of the low carb diet and cast doubt on the utility of the so-called Mediterranean diet doctors prefer because it is full of all those supposedly "healthy whole grains" and pasta. 1. A mouse study confirmed that a ketogenic low carb diet (less than 70-100 grams of carbs a day) can reverse

One of the things I don't like about FaceBook--besides the fact that I have no control over the spammy ads they show visitors--is that FB can make anything I post disappear at its whim. Since I started the FaceBook page in August, I've been posting more and more links to small but significant bits of diabetes and medical research news that, while they don't deserve an entire blog post here, do

They were the three letters that changed the course of a day and ones that I didn’t need to hear. I headed in to a follow up appointment with my ophthalmologist today. Over the past few years my eyes have been a diabetic experiment gone wrong. Proliferative retinopathy, leading to vitreous hemorrhaging , add a couple of turbo charged cataracts and a huge dose of apathy and you get the picture. Waiting for the call up I was engaged in the most amazing Twitter dialogue with some of my DOC friends. Random karaoke followed by conversation with people I really love had made my day. I was surrounded by the warmth of friends I had never met. I could almost feel their presence stirring me, accepting me and embracing me. How I longed at that moment to sit with them and share an embrace, a good dose of tears and a hearty handshake. And then came the call…. The doctor spoke slowly as he shared my amazement at the transformation in my vision. From almost blind to near full sight….and then came the three letters that formed a word…...BUT… I think it was somewhere between his outline of the first and fifth procedure required on my eyes that I tuned out and the waves rolled in.... All of the doubts, the unspoken fears, the insecurities, the self doubt, the “why me”, the “what ifs” all rose to the surface. There I was faced with the realization that despite my best efforts my sight once more hung on a tightrope. Having fallen to the lowest depths and risen, I knew that at any moment all could be lost….again To be honest there were no tears and now, several hours later there still aren’t. Just the knowledge that I stand on shaky ground. That all of the friends that I have come to love and need, lie so far away and my problems sit on my doorstep. For now I am just mad...I want to be mad. I hate the diabetes that brought this and I hate my apathy that let things fester for so long. I am confused and cut, battered and broken. Wounds that had healed again lay open and the emotional scars that lay dormant have quickly stirred. So I hang on again. I hang on to hope and the only people who have helped instill it in me. I hang on to my friends in the DOC. I hold on to their warmth having felt the coldness of reality once more. I hang on to the dreams that they have formed and the song that they have started. I hang on to treasured memories and precious moments, knowing that all may be taken in an instant. I am perhaps more resolute than ever. Resolved to make the most of what I have, to embrace each moment more fully, to express each feeling more concisely and to tell all of you I am coming to meet just how much you mean to me. It is your stories and your personalities that carry me when in myself, all strength is gone  

I recently interviewed Naomi Kingery, The Diabetic Diva and essential member of the diabetes online community, about her third book, <a href="http://www.livetolovediabetes.com/books.html">Sugar Free Support</a>. <strong>My wife has type 1 diabetes, and I took on the role of food police in the beginning. It didn't go over well. What's the key to talking about diabetes with a loved one effectively? </strong>Take the time to learn how your loved one with diabetes would like to be communicated with in regards to their health, especially with diet because that can be a very sensitive subject. If you knew someone was a visual learner, would you try and communicate with them through audio? The same principal is applied here. If you know your loved one with diabetes needs encouragement, support, or to be simply left alone at different times then this could change everything. You can support them all day, but if it isn’t in the way they need it or at the times they will truly take it all in, then it isn’t going to be as impactful as it can be. <strong><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1390" title="Check out the Sugar-Free Support eBook" src="http://cdn.diabetesdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Sugar-Free-Support-Book-201x300.jpg" alt="Sugar-Free Support Book" width="201" height="300" />That makes a lot of sense. It's so easy to see something from your perspective, but much harder to switch and look through someone else's eyes. Do you see a big mistake that potential supporters tend to make? </strong> The biggest mistake made unknowingly by many loved ones is not accepting the fact that they truly don’t, and can’t, understand what we go through. You may see what we endure on a daily basis but there is so much more involved. So continue to strive to learn more, but more importantly communicate with us so you can try to understand what goes on beneath the surface. Accept that you won’t feel the symptoms or the needle pokes like we do, and tailor your support accordingly. <strong>If someone with diabetes just isn't taking care of themselves, what do you do? How do you handle it?</strong> I have met many people who take care of themselves, and many that don’t. It makes me sad but immediately prompts me to encourage them because I believe the root of not taking care of yourself is typically tied to feeling like you are out there on your own. I usually begin to share my personal story with them, and it won’t be the same as theirs but it is always good to connect with other people who understand. I then ask for them to get involved in an online community if they aren’t already, like <a href="http://www.diabeticrockstar.com/">Diabetic Rockstar</a> or <a href="http://www.tudiabetes.org/">TuDiabetes</a> because these communities show you that the struggle is real, but that we can all unite and help each other each step of the way. <strong>Your book is packed with great advice. How will reading it change someone's life? </strong>When I first started writing it was an outlet for me to share the things that I feel I would have greatly benefited from along my path towards accepting and embracing diabetes. Along my journey I realized that people with diabetes have support, but what about those who support us? Because of that, Sugar Free Support is my third book and this was one I wanted to focus solely towards those who support people with diabetes. Their support is vital and I feel they do not receive the recognition they deserve so I wanted to make this clear. It was also very important for me to give them the descriptions and explanations they seek on what it feels like to live with diabetes so I put it all down on paper in hopes to transform individual and family relationships. And I believe it has the potential to do so because it has had that affect on my life! <strong>What's next on your agenda? </strong>I am currently working towards a bachelors degree in Kinesiology and am focused on continuing to build on my career at <a href="http://www.medtronicdiabetes.net/">Medtronic Diabetes</a>. I am also currently writing my fourth and final installment of The Sugar Free Series which will share about my decade journey with diabetes as I just celebrated my 10 year anniversary on September 2! <strong>We look forward to it! In the meantime, how can someone get a copy of this and your other books? </strong>Learn more about my books and the work I do in the community at <a href="http://www.livetolovediabetes.com/" target="_blank">www.livetolovediabetes.com</a> where you will get a direct link to purchase them. <em>Learn more about Naomi at </em><em><a href="http://www.livetolovediabetes.com/" target="_blank">www.livetolovediabetes.com</a> or connect with her on Twitter at  <a href="http://twitter.com/naomikingery">@naomikingery</a>.</em>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs2Q0SRWhCs In this video, we talk with Sharon Howard about how to have an enjoyable Thanksgiving with diabetes. Sharon is a Certified Diabetes Educator, Registered Nurse, and Charter Fellow of the American Dietetic Association. She has over 25 years of experience helping people manage diabetes, weight loss, celiac disease, and eating disorders. You can download <a href="http://www.diabetesdaily.com/edelman/files/2011/11/Holiday-Slides.pdf">all of the slides</a> (pdf). The event is brought to you by Diabetes Daily in conjunction with <a href="http://www.diabetescare.net">DiabetesCare.net</a>.