I’m sure most of you have read by now that reigning Mr. Universe Doug Burns had a nasty run-in with police at a local movie theater here in the Bay Area while experiencing a nasty bout of hypoglycemia. Thinking him intoxicated, the policed wrestled and maced the poor man, whom Jeff Hitchcock of Children With Diabetes calls “the consummate gentleman.”
(Editor’s Note: How cool is it that Mr. Universe has Type 1 diabetes?)
But this…
Hey there, Amigos. This week is Spring Break here and I’ve just returned from the most breathtaking four-day weekend with my family on the Monterey coast. My husband and I kept looking at each other and saying, “And this is only an hour drive from us? It’s like another world…” In this other world, however, I have consumed more corn tortilla chips than I usually do in a year, and have thus administered more insulin…
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DID YOU KNOW that at any given time in the U.S. there over 900 clinical trials underway to study improved treatments and/or possible cures for diabetes? Can you imagine the time, effort, and money at work here?
Yet surprisingly, despite the estimated 21 million people with diabetes in this country, most of these projects are struggling to find enough patients willing and able to participate. Why? Mainly because most patients either aren’t aware of these…