They’re kind of like Frisbees.  But with diabetes awareness benefits. And you can trace their whereabouts all over the globe.
These flying blue circles are part of the Unite for Diabetes campaign led by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), which of course just celebrated a great victory in the passing of the first-ever United Nations Resolution [...]

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The New York Times is at it again, with yet another in-depth and provocative feature story on what it means to live with diabetes.  This one focuses on discrimination on the job: “Diabetics Confront a Tangle of Workplace Laws.”
Besides the disturbing stories of people with diabetes who’ve lost jobs at everyplace from mortgage firms to [...]

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Happy Friday, and enjoy your holiday, everyone!  I’d like to share a few good reasons to smile (in no particular order):
* Please listen to Weird Al Yankovich singing “I LOVE MY PANCREAS” on YouTube.  To my mind, this is just about the funniest thing related to diabetes anyone ever said or did.  I’ve already [...]

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Yesterday morning at the gym it happened again.  I had to make frequents stops for water during my cardio kick box class. (No really, I didn’t welcome the interruptions!)  As usual, I surveyed the room full of sweating people and rhetorically asked, What’s the matter with these people?  Why don’t they drink?? 
I leave trails of [...]

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First off, Happy Holidays, everyone!  Here we are smack in the middle of Hanukkah and I’m getting nostalgic already.  Was 2006 a big year for people with diabetes?  I’d say so, yes.  Although as a relative newbie (approaching my 4th anniversary of dx), I’m sure many of you have seen years that held at least [...]

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