By Kirsten EllisFor the more than 350,000 young Americans living with diabetes, leaving home for work or college...
Blog Articles
Tracking, Learning, Growing: Apps to Help Manage Diabetes
By Janet JayThere are a dizzying array of apps to choose from when it comes to managing, tracking, and better...
Diabetes and Depression: How Mental Health Affects Disease Management
By Ashley HattleA diabetes diagnosis can upend your quality of life. You may find yourself having to track your blood...
For-e-ver: The long and winding road to effective care
by Emil DeAndreis The term “chronic” brings to mind the scene from The Sandlot, when nerdy Squints repeats with...
The autoimmune protocol diet: Seeking to heal the gut
By Rebecca McKinsey Digestive issues accompany many autoimmune diseases— and some research suggests that a particular...
Redefining ‘manliness’ when living with chronic pain
By Emil DeAndreis Recently, social media recommended to me a video of a guy changing horseshoes. This struck me as...
What is Inflammatory Bowel Disease?
Breaking Down the Differences—and Similarities—between Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis By Rebecca McKinsey The...
Mental health and autoimmune diseases: A complex but manageable relationship
By Maya Coseo Studies suggest suicidal ideation among people with chronic pain is twice as likely; they also are more...
Autoimmune treatment: what’s around the bend?
By Emil DeAndreis Autoimmune conditions can be rife with contradiction. Take the nature of them: they take our body’s...
Bringing the patient voice to health economics: Lessons learned from an ICER lupus nephritis review
By Emily Lemiska Topping out at more than $3 trillion a year, health care costs in the United States are some of the...
6 diseases you didn’t know were autoimmune
By Rebecca McKinsey Autoimmune diseases—the unpredictable, complex conditions that exist in the neighborhood of 100...
Julie Morgenlender
A Journey to Acceptance and Advocacy Julie Morgenlender always wanted a dog. But it’s not that easy when you’re living...