DiabetesMine: the all things diabetes blog » Empowered Patients http://www.diabetesmine.com A gold mine of straight talk and encouragement for people living with diabetes Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:58:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= New Kids on the Diabetes Summit Block Embrace T2s http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/06/the-new-old-kids-on-the-diabetes-summit-block.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/06/the-new-old-kids-on-the-diabetes-summit-block.html#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:00:19 +0000 MikeH http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=76468 Times keep a’changin’ in how the diabetes industry interacts with patients. Remember how it used to be, many years ago? When these companies making diabetes devices and medicines didn’t take our views into consideration in making decisions? Then came the…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/06/the-new-old-kids-on-the-diabetes-summit-block.html/feed 0 ANNOUNCING: The 2013 DiabetesMine Patient Voices Scholarship Contest http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/06/announcing-the-2013-diabetesmine-patient-voices-scholarship-contest.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/06/announcing-the-2013-diabetesmine-patient-voices-scholarship-contest.html#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:00:04 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=75457 Hello PWDs (people with diabetes) everywhere, We’re excited to announce that we’re gearing up for our 2013 DiabetesMine Innovation Summit event, to take place at Stanford University School of Medicine on Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. We would like to include…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/06/announcing-the-2013-diabetesmine-patient-voices-scholarship-contest.html/feed 0 DiabetesMine Independent Again http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/06/diabetesmine-independent-again.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/06/diabetesmine-independent-again.html#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:00:26 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=76414 Dear Readers, An update from the management: We have recently spun the DiabetesMine business unit out of Alliance Health Networks, which has owned and operated the site since January 2011. We are once again an independent advocacy organization, and our…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/06/diabetesmine-independent-again.html/feed 4 Around the Diabetes Blogosphere: May 2013 Edition http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/05/around-the-diabetes-blogosphere-may-2013-edition.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/05/around-the-diabetes-blogosphere-may-2013-edition.html#comments Fri, 31 May 2013 11:00:31 +0000 MikeH http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=75029 We’re now at the end of the fifth month of 2013, which is simply amazing — how quickly this year is going by! With the summer months soon bringing a bunch of diabetes conference activity, we feel especially motivated to highlight…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/05/around-the-diabetes-blogosphere-may-2013-edition.html/feed 9 Memorial Day with Diabetes + Racing Weekend http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/05/memorial-day-with-diabetes-racing-weekend.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/05/memorial-day-with-diabetes-racing-weekend.html#comments Mon, 27 May 2013 11:00:23 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=75582 It’s Memorial Day, and in honor of those who have served our country, today we bring you the story of a Vietnam veteran from Indiana who’s living with his own unusual diabetes challenges. Randall Brown says he developed type 2…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/05/memorial-day-with-diabetes-racing-weekend.html/feed 0 FDA Becoming More Patient-Friendly, It’s True! http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/05/fda-becoming-more-patient-friendly-its-true.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/05/fda-becoming-more-patient-friendly-its-true.html#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 11:00:54 +0000 MikeH http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=75502 The Diabetes Community has been known to grumble about the FDA once or twice before. OK, fine. We’ve griped A LOT about the federal agency in how it handles diabetes drug and device reviews. They don’t approve devices fast enough.…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/05/ten-year-diaversary-no-way.html/feed 16 “Islands and Insulin” Recharges… (with Book Giveaway!) http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/05/islands-and-insulin-recharges-with-book-giveaway.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/05/islands-and-insulin-recharges-with-book-giveaway.html#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 16:00:57 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=74388 It’s taken me a little longer than expected to get around to posting this review of Erin Spineto’s new book “Islands and Insulin“ — but hey, good things take time, right? It’s a different kind of diabetes book from any…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/05/islands-and-insulin-recharges-with-book-giveaway.html/feed 23 D-Blog Week 2013: Share and Don’t Share? http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/05/d-blog-week-2013-share-and-dont-share.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/05/d-blog-week-2013-share-and-dont-share.html#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 11:00:06 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=74925 It’s D-Blog Week 2013! In its fourth year, this is a great “coming together” of the diabetes blogging community around selected topics of note to our community. The effort was spearheaded by Karen Graffeo of the blog Bitter-Sweet. You can…

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