Asha Brown is a unique individual. Diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of five. She later developed diabulimia, a dangerous condition. Fortunately, she was able to overcome diabulimia, and she has been in recovery for seven years now.
The really cool thing about Asha is that she co-founded We Are Diabetes, which works with families patients, and health professionals across the USA to help and support those living with diabetes and eating disorders.
Today, we talk about diabulimia, how We Are Diabetes serves and supports, and the challenges faced by patients post-treatment. This was a conversation I’ve wanted to have for a long time, and I came away with a lot of knowledge that I didn’t have when we began.
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Asha Brown is Founder and Executive Director of We Are Diabetes, which provides information, hope, and support to people living with diabetes and eating disorders: wearediabetes.org
Daniele Hargenrader is one of the hardest working people I know of in the diabetes community. Both on a personal and a professional level.
She’s a nutritionist, a health coach, a certified professional trainer. She’s an international speaker, and an author too.
Today, Daniele talks about the things that motivated her to lose weight, get fit, and rock her diabetes. She talks about why nutrition is focus number 1. She talks about her book, Unleash Your Inner Diabetes Dominator: How to Use Your Powers of Choice, Self-Love, and Community to Completely Change Your Relationship With Diabetes for the Better. And she talks about her latest project.
Seriously, I don’t know how she does it all, but she does it well.
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Daniele Hargenrader writes blog posts, hosts video chats, teaches online courses, and more through her website: diabetesdominator.com
Daniele mentions using MyFitnessPal to log her food choices: myfitnesspal.com
After a brief hiatus, the Diabetes By The Numbers podcast is back.
Today’s podcast features Dr. Medha Munshi, Director of Joslin Diabetes Center’s Geriatric Diabetes Program. She’s co-authored a recent (and first ever) American Diabetes Association position statement designed to help homes and other skilled nursing facilities care better and more appropriately for senior patients living with diabetes.
Dr. Munshi shares key points on the position statement, and great insights on caring for older people with diabetes.
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Dr. Medha Munshi is Director of the Joslin Geriatric Diabetes Program and an an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School. She’s also a staff geriatrician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. CLICK HERE to find out more about Joslin’s Geriatric Diabetes Program.
To read the American Diabetes Association position statement co-authored by Dr. Munshi, CLICK HERE.
Brainchild of Stacey Simms at the Diabetes Connections podcast, this is a week where a dozen diabetes podcasters will be uploading new episodes and helping to raise money for the Spare a Rose, Save a Child campaign. Listen to the beginning and the end of today’s episode of Diabetes By The Numbers for more information on the Spare a Rose, Save a Child initiative and what an amazing difference it makes for children living in developing countries throughout the world. Insulin should not be a luxury.
Today’s episode of Diabetes By The Numbers features the Superwoman known to her friends and compatriots as Merle Gleeson. In our opening round question, she describes herself as vivacious, committed, and reliable. She’s that and a lot more.
Merle has been living with Type 1 Diabetes for over 50 years. She’s also a Champion Athletes With Diabetes medal winner. Around nineteen years ago, her and a few friends started something called the Type 1 Diabetes Lounge, which holds regular meetings, fundraisers, parties, and more in the Chicago area. It’s quite an operation, and if you’re looking to kick start a local diabetes meetup or amp up the meetup you already have, you can do a lot worse than listening to Merle.
Here then is my conversation with Merle Gleeson, and a special message about Spare a Rose, Save a Child.
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Merle Gleeson is founder and CEO of the Type 1 Diabetes Lounge in the Chicago area: type1diabeteslounge.com/
More about Diabetes Podcast Week can be found at Stacey Simms’ blog: staceysimms.com
Spare a Rose, Save a Child is an initiative of Partners for Diabetes Change. To find out more about Spare a Rose, Save a Child: www.p4dc.com
Welcome to Episode Ten of Diabetes By the Numbers.
Today we have our first returning guest. It’s Molly McElwee Malloy, Head of Patient Engagement at TypeZero Technologies in Charlottesville, Virginia. TypeZero is in the news this week for two big undertakings.
First, there’s a 12.7 million dollar artificial pancreas study funded by the National Institutes of Health. It will begin very soon. In this study, they’ll be testing TypeZero’s inControl platform, using a spiffy new device:
Cool, right? This study will include as many as 240 participants! The studies will take place in nine locations… six in the USA, and three in Europe. To find out more about participating in this important research, scroll to the bottom of this post.
The second big piece of news is this: Type Zero is entering into a partnership with CellNovo, which makes an integrated diabetes management system in Europe. They’ve gotten a lot of good press here in the USA, and we talk about that and what this partnership means for TypeZero. Have a listen:
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Find out more about the inControl diabetes management platform by going to the Type Zero Technologies website: http://typezero.com
Clinical trial participants are necessary and appreciated! Though the study will take place in several locations, the overall management of the trial will be handled through the Jaeb Center for Health Research. To contact the Jaeb Center to volunteer to participate, Send an e-mail to: info@jaeb.org
To find out more about artificial pancreas testing through the University of Virginia’s Center for Diabetes Technology, send an e-mail to: artificialpancreas@virginia.edu
CellNovo makes a diabetes management system that includes a patch pump, an activity monitor, a hand held cell-enabled handset, and a continuous glucose monitor. Data can be shared via the cloud. To learn more about CellNovo, go to: CellNovo.com
Follow Molly McElwee Malloy on Twitter: @MollyMacT1D
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