Insulin Nation

DECEMBER 29, 2017

In September of 2017, BBC aired a documentary on diabulimia—the eating disorder that is becoming increasingly common among individuals with Type 1 Diabetes, in which persons withhold or under-administer insulin to control weight. Diabulimia is not a medically recognized disorder, but the recent documentary, entitled “Diabulimia: The World’s Most Dangerous Eating Disorder,” may be helping to change that.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

DECEMBER 29, 2017

In our Society’s work to evangelize the partnership model of medicine, one of the recurring hurdles has been the difficulty of compensating patients for what can be truly professional-level contributions. Last Sunday our longtime member Danny van Leeuwen (aka @HealthHats, for all the hats he wears – nurse, advocate, caregiver, e-patient) has written a hot post about paying patient experts, and it’s getting a lot of well deserved traction on Twitter.

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Insulin Nation

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Each and every day, more than 1.25 million Americans struggle to live with Type 1 Diabetes. There is no cure for this insidious disease, but treatment and maintenance options continue to evolve, and many individuals with T1D lead active and fulfilling lives. This past year ushered in many exciting new technologies aimed at helping persons with diabetes to better manage the disease.

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Health Data 47

Insulin Nation

DECEMBER 29, 2017

There was that magical blue box. Out of it came needles, a strange machine that caused bleeding to occur, and a little device that displayed numbers. I would sit across from my grandfather as he meticulously took out each piece from the blue box and laid it on a paper towel in front of him. Wide-eyed, I watched as a little dot of blood pooled on his fingertip.

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