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PWD Passenger Wanted: Raising Awareness About Diabetes & Strokes

AmyT — Thu, 02 May 2013 11:00:31 +0000

Did you know the month of May is National Stroke Awareness Month? On that topic, we were fascinated to hear how one man in Colorado is advocating to help raise awareness about the increased risk of stroke that people with…

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Alert! Alert! Diabetes Awareness… Today

MikeH — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:00:39 +0000

Hello again, Diabetes Alert Day. Like clockwork every year, the American Diabetes Association marks its annual D-Alert Day on the fourth Tuesday of March. This is a one-day “wake-up call” designed to make people more aware of type 2 diabetes…

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Diabetes Hits Capitol Hill in Full Force

MikeH — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:00:47 +0000

“Politics as usual” can make any average citizen either start nodding off, or running for the hills. Or depending on the issue, it sometimes makes the blood boil. This month, the Diabetes Community happens to have an unusually keen interest…

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NASCAR Driver Ryan Reed Gunning to “Stop Diabetes”

MikeH — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:00:00 +0000

When Ryan Reed was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes by his family physician two years ago, the first thing the doctor said was that this teenager could kiss his dream of being a NASCAR race car driver goodbye. He was…

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Fresh New ADA Standards for You (Yes, Type 1s!)

WilD — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:00:25 +0000

In the January edition of the American Diabetes Association’s flagship professional journal Diabetes Care, the association has issued a document that lays out its wide-ranging official recommendations for diabetes care in the U.S. This is the ADA’s annual update of…

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Diabetes Advocacy Orgs: 2012 Milestones and Plans for 2013

AmyT — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 12:00:41 +0000

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013!! At the close of last year, we asked the top diabetes advocacy organizations and communities to share what they felt they’d accomplished in 2011, and what kinds of plans / goals / strategies they had in…

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Playing Diabetes Doctor, for Real

WilD — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:00:05 +0000

We got word earlier this year that the American Diabetes Association was trying out a new training program dubbed a “patient simulator,” where docs can practice on not-so-real people with diabetes (PWDs), trying out everything from assessing conditions to ordering…

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American Diabetes Assocation Holds Middle East Sessions, Because…?

MikeH — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:15:13 +0000

Just because the American Diabetes Association has the word American in its name, doesn’t mean the organization’s reach doesn’t extend outside the U.S. The ADA is going more global than ever now by holding its first-ever Middle East Congress in…

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ADA Defends Telemarketing Snafu Amid Fallout

MikeH — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:00:12 +0000

Ohio resident Carol Patterson, who donated her time and convinced some of her neighbors to help out the American Diabetes Association, is disgusted with the organization and doesn’t plan to contribute her time or money ever again. Hearing her story…

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Countdown to Diabetes Awareness Month & World Diabetes Day 2012!

AmyT — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 20:00:37 +0000

The clock is counting down to the world’s biggest month of diabetes awareness! For those of us living every day of our lives with diabetes, it may seem a little odd that the topic suddenly comes alive each November, as…

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