A few weeks ago, several bloggers were contacted by a representative from an organization called the Juvenile Diabetes Cure Alliance. We visited their website to check them out, but it was slim on information: Who are the people behind this Cure Alliance? It was a big mystery, and some folks were even concerned it could be a scam…
Turns out that Stoyan Zaimov is one of the people behind the scenes at the JDCA. He’s…
As if diabetes doesn’t give us enough to worry about in the day-to-day, we also have to be constantly aware of what could happen to us, down the line. Here at the ‘Mine, we’re big believers that knowledge is power, and it’s better to be prepared for the worst, which is why we’ve been bringing you an in-depth look at various diabetes complications in our “411 Series” since the beginning of the year.
September is…
This weekend, at Stanford Campus in Palo Alto, CA, I’m proud to say we hosted a historical gathering of different stakeholders around innovation in diabetes… The first-ever DiabetesMine Innovation Summit gathered in one room about 60 designers, web visionaries, Pharma Marketing and R&D folks, experts from venture capital investment, innovation and regulatory experts, and passionate patient advocates.
The aim was to kick off a new era of collaboration among these various stakeholders, to begin revolutionizing…
Diabetes education + fun probably sounds like an oxymoron, right? Well, not if you’re Wil Dubois, DiabetesMine’s resident weekly Ask D’Mine columnist. As if the guy doesn’t have enough to do, what with working as the Diabetes Coordinator at the buzzing Pecos Valley Medical Center in New Mexico and a freelance writer for Diabetic Living, dLife and the ‘Mine, Wil has recently released his edu-fun-tastic fourth book, Diabetes Warriors: Be your own knight in shining…
Who can relate??
Mike Lawson is a new addition to our Sunday Funnies line-up. Even the bio he sent us made us laugh, so we’re reprinting for your enjoyment here:
Mike Lawson is a self-proclaimed social media junkie, and a doctor-proclaimed Type 1 Diabetic. He’s also a blogger, Facebooker, Flickr Photographer, TuDiabetic, Youtuber, Tweeter, Podcaster, Linkedin-er and About.me-er. Since his Type 1 diagnosis in 2000, Mike has used the Internet and social media to connect…