As you may have noticed, I’m fascinated with where new Web-enabled communication tools are taking us in the world of medicine in healthcare. I’m also a huge admirer of the work of the outspoken and sage John Mack, publisher of Pharma Marketing News and author of the Pharma Marketing Blog. I was therefore delighted when John agreed to make a guest appearance here.
{Note: I referenced John extensively in my own recent post on Pharma…
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* Part 1 of a three-part guest series on Diabetes & Exercise *
Dr. Matthew Corcoran is a clinical endocrinologist, a CDE, and a self-proclaimed diabetes-exercise freak. He’s the founder of Diabetes Training Camp, which was featured in Newsweek a couple of years ago. Today, he shares his expert tips for working out hard without crashing hard. Maybe get out your pencil and prepare to take notes…?
A Guest Post by Matt Corcoran, MD, CDE…
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I hereby interrupt my vacation to bring you some exciting diabetes technology news. Some of you may know that the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) is holding its annual conference in Atlanta on Aug. 5-8. This event takes a close second to the ADA’s big annual shindig in June as the biggest event of the year for launching new diabetes products and programs.
Some cool stuff being officially unveiled next week:
* A new…
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Being diagnosed with diabetes at any age is a shock, but being diagnosed at 18 years old when you’re studying to be prima ballerina in New York City has to be a HUGE shock. That’s what happened to Zippora Karz, who now teaches dance from her home in Los Angeles. This November, at age 44, she’ll be publishing The Sugarless Plum: A Ballerina’s Triumph over Diabetes, her memoirs of diagnosis and time in the New…
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Last week, d-bloggers hit social media scene in two ways. First, there was the Roche Diabetes Social Media Summit in Indianapolis… and immediately following that, patient-bloggers took on BlogHer ’09 in Chicago! Kerri Morrone Sparling, author of Six Until Me, was a panelist on the BlogHer panel for patient-bloggers and Lee Ann Thill, from the The Butter Compartment, was our on-the-ground correspondent and shares some of what she learned.
A Guest Post by Lee Ann…
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