One click away: learning to live with type 1 diabetes via Facebook

This article is part of the series: Chronic living

Karen, who has lived with type 1 diabetes for three years, explains how she is only just starting to properly manage her daily self-care, and how it interrupts her various daily routines. “There are so many unpredictable issues surrounding self-management, and learning never stops”, she says, while she accentuates all her doubts about self-care: “What will happen, …

Web Roundups

February 29, 2016

Web Roundup: How Do You Feel Today?

By Emily Goldsher-Diamond

New Facebook reactions, the expansion of “like” options to include “love,” “sad” and “angry” emoticons (among others), is just one way affect has collided with technology this month. Zuckerberg and co. collaborated with the Greater Good Science Center team to produce “scientifically faithful” icons. No longer must you experience your feelings bounded within the body; instead, Facebook …

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One click away: learning to live with type 1 diabetes via Facebook