Archive for June, 2009

Type 1 Kids Lobby Congress: “Attention… is Going to Help Find a Cure”

When I was a guest on cancer-patients podcast last week, the hosts asked me if we PWDs don’t get frustrated: cancer seems to have all the big celebrities behind it, and make all the big headlines. Does it ever bother your community that diabetes doesn’t get that level of attention? I was a bit dumbfounded. [...]

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June 30th, 2009 | Categories: D-News Examined, Diabetes Essentials | Comments: (2)

Does Lantus Cause Cancer?

Considering what I am about to write, I feel a little guilty about the post headline here. But these sensational headlines are just the point: the media is abuzz the last few days with the possibility that Lantus insulin “may be linked” to cancer.
The rumors started late last week, when the media got wind that [...]

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June 28th, 2009 | Categories: D-News Examined, Diabetes Product Parade, Products | Comments: (53)

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Diabetic + Aesthetic

A final run-through of our 150+ amazing submissions in this year’s DiabetesMine Design Challenge reveals some of the “prettiest” entries — those that obviously come from the world of artful design rather than medical utility. And why shouldn’t more medical devices be more aesthetic?!
 
PicoSulin mini insulin pump
- weighs just 2 oz. and uses and [...]

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June 26th, 2009 | Categories: Diabetes Product Parade, Health 2.0 | Comments: (3)

Should I Have?

It is summer, the time of year when our diabetes is most visible, at least for those of us who wear insulin pumps.
This Tuesday, for the first time I can remember since starting on the OmniPod system, I wore a bikini. My usual modus operandi has been to place the pod on my belly all [...]

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June 25th, 2009 | Categories: Personal Stories, Self-Disclosure | Comments: (14)

Type 1 Diabetes Advocacy: Meet the Goulds

As people with diabetes or parents of children with diabetes, we all know how difficult it is to manage the never-ending balance of food, insulin, exercise and myriad of other endlessly circumvolving variables.  Now imagine having to handle all of that turmoil for FOUR children.
Meet Ellen and Dave Gould, parents of EIGHT children ages [...]

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June 23rd, 2009 | Categories: D-News Examined, Holy @#$! Amazing Stories | Comments: (15)


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