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AmyT on
April 22, 2011
In a recent post about the possibility of cutting medical coverage for glucose test strips via Washington state’s Heath Technology Assessment program (HTA), we mistakenly implied that JDRF was not sufficiently involved in advocacy efforts to thwart this potentially disastrous decision.
In fact, the ‘Mine has learned that JDRF was quite involved, although there was no independent statement on JDRF letterhead included in the final report documenting public comments and responses.
Just for full transparency…
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Society has many myths and misconceptions about people with diabetes. But even our own community can have some rather interesting “prejudices” about what diabetes is like for other people. After an article on a so-called “Civil War” between type 1 and type 2 diabetes appeared in the Chicago Tribune last fall, we at the ‘Mine decided to start sharing some personal stories of people living with type 2 diabetes, in order to better understand this…
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Today is the anniversary of the birth of our fearless leader, AmyT.
In honor of this momentous occasion, I, her loyal assistant editor and Gal Friday, have taken over for the day to organize a special tribute to this fabulous woman, who has provided us with countless reports of late-breaking diabetes news and represented the patient community with candor, integrity and pizzazz. The DOC certainly wouldn’t be the same without her!
People often ask me…
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Our Diabetic Partner Follies series returns with a bang here: Boy meets girl, they marry, girl gets diabetes, boy gets diabetes — oh boy! Enjoy:
A Guest Post by Jessica Apple, editor-in-chief of ASweetLife
“A really cute guy kept smiling at me,” I wrote in my diary when I was 18. “He looked like a football player.” I had just graduated from high school in Texas and was traveling in Israel with a group…
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By
WilD on
April 19, 2011
By D’Mine Correspondent Wil Dubois
The photo is dark, but you can still see the sleeping child. She looks relaxed and peaceful, the hint of a smile on her sweet face. She is snuggling a stuffed animal. Maybe a bear. Maybe an elephant. On her wrist is a pink silicone bracelet with a glowing green screen.
The screen reads 109 mg/dL.
Another photo of the product shows a digital clock-style charging base with a Kindle-sized…
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