As I hope you all know by now, the 2009 DiabetesMine Design Challenge is calling on everyone — including all you disgruntled patients out there — to get creative about “solving” daily diabetes problems. What kind of gadget or web application would really make your life with diabetes better?
Here’s your chance to help all of us, and possibly win $10,000 in the process. Not bad!
The “Early-Bird” prize (or really just “praise”) goes to…
I see that we need a little clarification here: we’ve been getting some queries from folks with great diabetes design ideas, who are a bit hesitant to enter the 2009 DiabetesMine Design Challenge contest for fear of giving up the rights to their intellectual property. No worries! Here’s what you need to know:
You (the contest participant) retain the full IP rights to your idea. We (the contest organizers) don’t take ownership of anything. The…
A physician-friend of mine is raving about The Innovator’s Prescription by Clay Christensen and team. My friend tells me it’s the best book ever written on health care, and has even sent me a copy via Amazon.com as an early birthday present (thank you!)
Indeed, the author himself claims it’s “the first book ever that actually presents a plausible roadmap to make health care affordable in this country,” and the New York Times seems to…
Funny how issues can swirl right past you, until they become personal. Then suddenly you awake to find yourself at the center of the storm! What I’m getting at here is that a few weeks ago, my endo decided I should start taking a statin drug. And all of a sudden, all the hullaballoo over these widely-touted cholesterol-lowering pills hit home.
Research suggests that statins are very effective in reducing heart risk, especially for people…
As you all know, President Obama lifted Bush’s longstanding restrictions on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research yesterday — a huge breakthrough for all those who believe this avenue could produce unprecedented treatments for many incurable diseases. Like diabetes.
Among others, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) has fought long and hard for this boost. Its staff and members are pretty much ecstatic. A small group including Larry Soler, the organization’s EVP of…