Happy Saturday! Welcome to Ask D'Mine, our weekly advice column hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois. We've had some "back to basics" questions piling up at the bottom of the mailbag, and while some may seem...

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Welcome back to our weekly diabetes advice column, Ask D'Mine, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator Wil Dubois. This week is a downer, for sure, so make sure you have your tissue box handy... Wil responds to a scared sister's qu...

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Some of you may know from following us on social media that I've been under the weather over the holidays. Yuck!For the past month, I've had a cold and persistent cough that have been messing with my diabetes management.With it being the start of ...

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Happy Saturday, Friends! Welcome to Ask D'Mine, our weekly advice column hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois.This week, Wil offers some thoughts to a scared type 1 peep in Tennessee about high A1Cs who feel...

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Dr. Dana Hardin is a pediatric endocrinologist and medical director at Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis, IN, where she's been practicing for more than 20 years. She's also been a pioneer in research on the capabilities of medical alert dogs. ...

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Raising awareness about dangerous DKA (Diabetic Ketoacidosis) seems to be all the rage these days.We've seen several new campaigns recently focused on preventing a missed diagnosis or undiagnosed diabetes altogether, coupled with DKA (a state of s...

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Emily Taylor Kaufman is a little powerhouse. Just 12 years old and in the 7th grade, she's already graced the musical stage, won a singing contest run by Phil Collins, and been signed on by a national talent agency. She's appeared in 15 musical pr...

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Here we are again with our weekly diabetes advice column, Ask D'Mine, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and clinical specialist Wil Dubois.Happy New Year's Eve tonight to all!Today, Wil's sharing details about a new chapter in his perso...

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When Brenda Hunter's daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes a little over two years ago, the California mom had no idea what she'd face on the insurance front -- nor that the challenges she experienced in that first year would lead her to fou...

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS to all today!! We're chilling a bit in the wake of both Christmas and the start of Hanukkah this past weekend (which runs through Dec. 31 this year). This season, our parent company Healthline Media created this quite lovely holi...

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« See newer comics Sunday Funnies: Amazing Holiday Gifts! Happy Holidays to All today! Here's a gadget we could all use... Thanks for this illustration go to legendary cartoonist Jerry King, who we're proud to feature at the 'Mine regularly. ...

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Hey, All -- Got questions about life with diabetes? Then you've come to the right place! That would be our weekly diabetes advice column, Ask D'Mine, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and clinical specialist Wil Dubois.Happy Christmas ...

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As you may have read earlier this week, for me the clock is ticking. I need to choose my family's new health insurance. Today. I suppose I'm lucky, as in my state of New Mexico, I actually have 23 plans-from four different insurance companies-to...

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This morning, I woke up with a nasty hangover. And no health insurance for the first time since my diagnosis. As you might expect, the two are related. How did this happen? Well, the hangover came from drinking too much. The lack of insu...

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We're back once again with Ask D'Mine, our weekly advice column hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois.This week, Wil's talking what to do in case of insulin shock, and some things you may not know about gluca...

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As our community struggles with the skyrocketing prices of insulin, new hope dawns. After screaming for years that "WE WANT GENERIC INSULIN!," we are now finally entering the long-awaited era of biosimilars (even if they aren't technically called...

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You may not have heard his name before, but everyone in the Diabetes Community really should know about the Colorado-based endocrinologist Dr. H. Peter Chase.Even if you don't immediately recognize his name, you might be familiar with the Pink Pan...

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Now that we're post-election and prepping for a massive political landscape shift, many in the Diabetes Community are wondering what will happen on the healthcare and medical innovation fronts. That was the topic of a recent meeting in Washington,...

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Today, our correspondent Dan Fleshler (a New York-based longtime type 1, writer and media strategist) is digging into new research on diabetes stigma.Specifically, a new survey unveils the experiences of people with both types of diabetes. Dan s...

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Welcome back to our weekly advice column, Ask D'Mine, where you get all sorts of tips about navigating life with diabetes from host Wil Dubois, a professional D-clinical educator and diabetes author who's longtime type 1 himself.Today, Wil's work...

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