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AmyT on
October 31, 2008
I love dressing up in costumes, and the whole aura of Halloween festivities. But I don’t need to remind you fellow PWDs why this holiday is really scary: it’s the #$%@ high-fructose-corn-syrup-laden store-bought candies, that’s what. They’re everywhere at this time of year, just begging to be eaten.
As author and advocate Laura Plunkett (mother of a Type 1 child) writes: “I drift through the supermarket aisles getting angry. Did they make up this holiday…
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AmyT on
October 30, 2008
People touched by diabetes everywhere want Google’s help! We’re working fastidiously to gather signatures for a grassroots campaign to get the web search magnate to display a special decorative “doodle” on its home page to mark World Diabetes Day, coming up Nov. 14. But despite nearly 10,000 signatures gathered already — and the fact that diabetes plagues 250 million people worldwide — it’s not looking good. And I’ll tell you why.
First, let me point…
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AmyT on
October 29, 2008
I met Alexis at the recent BDI luncheon for women with Type 1 diabetes. She seemed bubbly and smart, and I felt an instant connection. When I discovered her job title was “Compliance Analyst,” I just had to hear more about that. Turns out it’s not quite what you think, but fascinating nevertheless.
A Guest Post by Alexis Pollack —
Compliance Analyst, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Type 1 diabetes for 15 years
Compliance. It’s not a…
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AmyT on
October 28, 2008
In between the D-blogger meetup and all the other great sessions at the Diabetes Research Institute’s annual conference on Saturday, I popped into David Weingard’s session on Diabetes and Exercise.
David and his wife run Fit4D, a New-York based “personalized diabetes coaching” service that recently announced a partnership with Bayer. “Fit4D coaches provide you with continuous support in helping you achieve your health, fitness, weight loss, diabetes management and quality of life goals.” This all…
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AmyT on
October 27, 2008
My mom’s been complaining that my latest posts have been too long. So I’m attempting to keep this one brief — despite the humongously eventful week I have behind me.
Extremely Brief Notes on Health 2.0
The second annual Health 2.0 Conference here in San Francisco was huge, up to nearly a thousand attendees from just half as many last year. This event brings together people from all walks of healthcare and Web 2.0 health…
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