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Insulin Goes Viral

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The following is a press release from the Joslin Diabetes Center. BOSTON – (February 19, 2018) – Every cell in your body responds to the hormone insulin, and if that process starts to fail, you get diabetes. The discovery brings new possibilities for revealing biological mechanisms that may cause diabetes or cancer.

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Graphic Diabetes: Comics of Life with Type 1 Diabetes

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Curious about the potential of this movement for diabetes care, I did a little research. And it turns out there are many works of “Graphic Diabetes,” some dating back to the 1920s. Guy Rainsford’s Comics at the Joslin Diabetes Center. In case of both an external and diabetes emergency, this T1D is SOL.)

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A Half Century with T1: Four Profiles in Courage

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Fifty years ago, a diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes meant glass syringes, urine tests, and living with the unknown. Carla Cox, a diabetes educator and American Association of Diabetes Educators blogger, agrees, and emphasizes the importance of being proactive with blood sugar control.

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You and Hypoglycemia: What Others Should Know

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Sometimes, it can take a day of disaster to help people with diabetes to realize they need to be more communicative with those around them about the possibility of hypoglycemia. P”, a diabetes blogger and English professor who runs the website Diagnosednotdefeated.com. That was the case for “Dr.

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