(And Why Diabetes is Like Judaism…)
Today, Jews around the world are celebrating their traditional New Year’s holiday, known as Rosh Hashanah, which translates literally to “the head of the year.” We eat apples and honey, to usher in the beginning of a sweet new year (no idea how to properly dose insulin for that, btw). But it’s not only the beginning of a new calendar year; it’s considered a celebration of the Birthday of…
Getting a jump on Diabetes Awareness Month (coming in November), Novo Nordisk, Discovery Health and the JDRF today launched something called Young Voices Unite — a national online video campaign, inspired by the book published by Novo Nordisk a few years ago.
They’re inviting teens and young adults affected by Type 1 diabetes to submit a 1-minute video message with: 1) their personal story and 2) how our next president can help change the future…
I had a bad food week last week. So naturally I turned to the Internet. Got to stop munching all that high-fat stuff! Time to take a closer look at all that food/nutrition stuff in my Inbox.
Somehow I got on the email list of a group called the Nutrition and Metabolism Society, which is “dedicated to the incorporation of biochemical metabolism to problems of obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.” But it’s not as boring…
I had a bad food week last week. So naturally I turned to the Internet. Got to stop munching all that high-fat stuff! Time to take a closer look at all that food/nutrition stuff in my Inbox.
Somehow I got on the email list of a group called the Nutrition and Metabolism Society, which is “dedicated to the incorporation of biochemical metabolism to problems of obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.” But it’s not as boring…
Late-breaking news: President Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADA-AA) into law today. The American Diabetes Association and a whole host of other patient and advocacy organizations are dancing in the streets! Or at least, shooting out celebratory press releases.
Why is this so big?
The Disabilities Act protects the civil rights of people who are treated unfairly because of their disability or medical condition. But, as reported in some detail here…