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AmyT on
March 16, 2011
Very exciting news: Two new regular contributors will be joining us soon here at the ‘Mine! We’re introducing something I’m cheekily calling “The Weekend Edition” with some very special kind of can’t-find-it anywhere-else content:
On Saturdays, look for our brand new advice column called Ask D’Mine. This series will be hosted by my good friend, veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois — with occasional input from Allison and myself.
“Need help…
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AmyT on
March 16, 2011
“Mom, you have a new beep!”
— my 13-year-old, apparently discovering my new CGM
I am back on the Dexcom (!), and feeling the truth behind the saying, ‘third time’s a charm.’ I all but swore off continuous glucose monitoring systems more than a year ago after stints trying all three on the market (Dexcom, Medtronic Guardian, Abbott Navigator), in which the discomfort and inconvenience seemed to clearly outweigh the benefits.
But as you…
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AmyT on
March 15, 2011
My buddy Manny Hernandez and his team at the non-profit Diabetes Hands Foundation (DHF) — publishers of the social media health networks Tudiabetes.org and EsTuDiabetes.org — have scored again! In a very big way!
They’ve just announced being awarded a $150,000 grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, the same organization that is funding a new national registry for type 1 diabetes.
From the press release:
The Helmsley Charitable Trust is…
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AmyT on
March 15, 2011
‘Tis the Ides of March, and time for another Grand Rounds (Volume 7, No. 25), the weekly roundup of the best in medical and health blogging —
The Ides of March is the first day of the Roman New Year. It also marks the first day of spring in the Roman calendar.
On this day in history, Julius Caesar was warned by soothsayers to “beware of the Ides of March”. Apparently, he did not heed…
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AmyT on
March 14, 2011
I’ll admit, a diabetes book with the title “How Sweet It Is” and slabs of chocolate on the cover was not a draw for me. This looked like something either incredibly trivial or simply in poor taste. Two non-diabetic psychologist brothers who write for the society/celebrity site Black Tie International Magazine taking on diabetes care? Come on…
But here’s the thing: this is not a book about diabetes. Not really. Not primarily. Primarily it’s about…
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