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Can Beta Cells Be Healed?
Can Type 2 or Type 1 diabetes be not only reversed, but cured? Can beta cells start producing enough insulin? Can the liver store glucose better, and can body cells learn to handle glucose more efficiently?
Progress
The other day, a relative e-mailed me an article highlighting the results of a study involving Type 1 diabetes. The study found that the average life expectancy for people with Type 1 diabetes was no longer significantly different than that of the average person…
2013 JDRF Type 1 Diabetes Research Summit
On Saturday, March 9, the 2013 JDRF Type 1 Diabetes Research Summit will be taking place in Bethesda, Maryland…
It’s a Hurricane!
I am writing this entry from a hospital bed. I’ve spent the past three days tethered to an IV drip, recovering from a nasty staph infection that started on my nose and spread to the right half of my face…
Public Places
I’ve had diabetes for 18 years. To put that in perspective, Bill Clinton was at the beginning of his first term in office when I was diagnosed. Tom Brady was a backup quarterback that no one had ever heart of. And it would still be six years until I caved in and bought my first cell phone. It got me wondering how many insulin shots I’ve taken in my life…
Diabetes College Scholarship Applications Now Online
If you are a high school senior with Type 1 diabetes who is looking to attend an accredited four-year university, college, or technical or trade school this fall, then you may be interested in applying for one of the college scholarships being offered by the Diabetes Scholars Foundation…
On the Road Again (Part 2)
If you’ll recall, last week I embarked on a two-week music tour and decided I would keep a running journal to share with readers…
On the Road Again (Part 1)
In a few days, I’ll be hitting the road on a short tour playing music. We’ll be starting off in Philadelphia heading west through Tennessee and Chicago to Colorado, and returning home through Ohio and central Pennsylvania. In all, I’ll be on the road for two weeks, and I thought it might be interesting to keep a journal of sorts to share with readers…
The World Needs Diabetians!
As 2012 comes to a close, I find myself deeply shaken with the tremendous level of ongoing violence in our country. It seems another shooting is in the news every day. It can become so overwhelming that we almost become numb to it…
You’ve Had an Episode (Part 3)
This is it, folks! The last in a three-part series reflecting on a severe low blood glucose episode I went through four years ago. I want to share some of the straightforward, how-to-get-through-your-day-with-diabetes lessons I learned…
