I’m simply drowning in interesting stuff I’d like to post about. But an in-depth look at everything in my inbox is not going to happen. So to brighten up your Monday, some juicy links:
* Insulin analogs are no better than the real deal? A closer look reveals that this is a promotional news release for Oral-lyn™, an oral liquid-spray form of human insulin from Generex (the same folks developing the chewing gum product for…
A note from the management today: Wanted to let you all know that the issue with the RSS feed for DiabetesMine — which went a little haywire following our recent site redesign — is now officially fixed. There are two functioning feeds to choose from:
http://www.diabetesmine.com/wp-rdf.php (main feed)
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www.diabetesmine.com/feed (alternate)
And if you’re looking for an easy way to follow this blog, along with all your other favorite blogs, no need anymore to sign…
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As usual, the annual ADA Scientific Sessions Conference was exhilarating and exhausting. You have to be in awe of such a confluence of the pharmaceutical and technological advancements that enable us PWDs to live happy and productive lives.
But outside of the science and medicine, there’s something else big going on. We stand at the dawn of a new era of patient empowerment that applies “consumerism” to health and medical care in ways never seen…
One could argue that despite all the big talk about combating the diabetes epidemic, lots of prominent organizations seem to be getting very little done. The field of diabetes education is facing a crisis, with so little professional support and funding to cope with the torrent of new patients coming their way.
For these reasons, I found it very encouraging to discover the Council for the Advancement of Diabetes Research and Education (CADRE), a non-profit…
Welcome to the newly refreshed and updated DiabetesMine.com. These changes have been a long time coming, and I’m very excited and hope that the new look accomplishes all its goals while still providing you that warm fuzzy feeling you love. (Ahem.)
What we were shooting for was: better use of space, nice tabs up there to highlight stuff — instead of just a stacked list of “categories,” more useful sidebar links, and most of all,…