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AmyT on
March 30, 2007
Did anyone notice that the ADA (American Diabetes Association) is selling its very own brand of organic coffee called Grounds for A Cause? Now this is interesting: name-brand coffee from my national advocacy organization. Wow.
We’re always reading conflicting accounts of what caffeine does to your health: it may impair your metabolism and make your blood sugar go up, or it may actually prevent the onset of Type 2 diabetes, or it may just irritate…
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AmyT on
March 29, 2007
Coming this June: A comedy about 45 million people with no health care in the richest country on earth.
And who could possibly be qualified to dig up dirt on drug companies and health-care providers for a blockbuster documentary — by asking his web site visitors to send in their testimonials, no less? Why Michael Moore, of course.
Moore’s been working on “Sicko” for several years, so unfortunately, we’re too late to send in our…
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AmyT on
March 28, 2007
I’m so very late to this meme (Internet game for sharing personal tidbits) that I could barely remember who tagged me. But then I stumbled on Scott S. again and it all came back to me.
I’ve been duly “Tagged for Seven,” and if you follow these sort of things, you can see that good ‘ol noncompliant Kassie and I have a lot in common…
SEVEN THINGS TO DO BEFORE I DIE (not necessarily…
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By
AmyT on
March 27, 2007
Another quick red flag for American Diabetes Alert Day: the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) has selected outspoken NBA Charlotte Bobcats rookie Adam Morrison for their annual public service award. Morrison, of course, has Type 1 diabetes, and recently signed on with LifeScan, Inc. to spearhead their diabetes awareness campaign (see DiabetesandFood.com for all Adam’s tips .
The honor from the endocrinolgist community is called the Eugene T. Davidson, MD, Award for Public Service…
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AmyT on
March 27, 2007
Today, March 27th, 2007, is designated by the ADA as American Diabetes Alert Day. According to the literature, they are “sounding the alert to the 60 million Americans who are unaware they have diabetes or are at risk for developing Type 2 diabetes” — which is a very important thing to do, given all those scary statistics:
- ca. 7% of the US population affected (20.8 million people)
- leading cause of new cases of…
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