DiabetesMine: the all things diabetes blog » Global Diabetes http://www.diabetesmine.com A gold mine of straight talk and encouragement for people living with diabetes Tue, 21 May 2013 11:00:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Life with Diabetes in the Netherlands: Creating Dia-B http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/03/life-with-diabetes-in-the-netherlands-creating-dia-b.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/03/life-with-diabetes-in-the-netherlands-creating-dia-b.html#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:00:13 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=65970 We continue traveling the globe to bring you accounts of living with diabetes in various countries for our Global Diabetes series. This month, we’re happy to introduce two bubbly gals from the Netherlands (which Americans like to call Holland), Annelieke…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/03/life-with-diabetes-in-the-netherlands-creating-dia-b.html/feed 2 Spare a Rose, Save a Child with Diabetes http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/02/spare-a-rose-save-a-child-with-diabetes.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/02/spare-a-rose-save-a-child-with-diabetes.html#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:00:08 +0000 MikeH http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=69847 Buying a dozen roses is a traditional way many people say “I love you” for Valentine’s Day. But what if that token of affection also meant saving the life of a child with diabetes? For the first time this year,…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/02/spare-a-rose-save-a-child-with-diabetes.html/feed 3 Living with Diabetes… in Israel http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/02/living-with-diabetes-in-israel.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/02/living-with-diabetes-in-israel.html#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:00:00 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=65963 I met Michael Aviad a few years ago at a diabetes event on the East Coast. He was diagnosed in 2002 at age 32, very similar to my story. He and his wife are both type 1 (!), and run…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/02/living-with-diabetes-in-israel.html/feed 7 Life with Diabetes… in Brazil http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/01/life-with-diabetes-in-brazil.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/01/life-with-diabetes-in-brazil.html#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2013 12:00:21 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=64900 We’ve been traveling the world for the past year or so, bringing you different perspectives on life with diabetes in our Global Diabetes Series. This month, we’d like to introduce you to Claudia Labate, a twenty-something in Brazil (the worlds’ 5th…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/01/life-with-diabetes-in-brazil.html/feed 0 “Howzit Bru?” – Living with Type 1 Diabetes in South Africa http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/12/howzit-bru-living-with-type-1-diabetes-in-south-africa.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/12/howzit-bru-living-with-type-1-diabetes-in-south-africa.html#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:00:42 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=63439 We’ve been traveling the world for the past year, bringing you different perspectives on life with diabetes via our Global Diabetes Series. Today, we bring you a story from South Africa! We were delighted to bump into fellow person with diabetes…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/12/howzit-bru-living-with-type-1-diabetes-in-south-africa.html/feed 4 American Diabetes Assocation Holds Middle East Sessions, Because…? http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/12/american-diabetes-assocation-holds-middle-east-sessions-because.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/12/american-diabetes-assocation-holds-middle-east-sessions-because.html#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:15:13 +0000 MikeH http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=64877 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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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/12/american-diabetes-assocation-holds-middle-east-sessions-because.html/feed 3 The YMCA, Reality TV, and Diabetes Across the Globe http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/11/the-ymca-reality-tv-and-diabetes-across-the-globe.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/11/the-ymca-reality-tv-and-diabetes-across-the-globe.html#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:00:31 +0000 MikeH http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=63868 What can you expect from an Ohio-based event called a “Global Diabetes Summit?” Well, think hundreds of international leaders from the diabetes world, top government initiatives focusing on D-prevention, and novel ideas like using the YMCA and reality TV to…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/11/the-ymca-reality-tv-and-diabetes-across-the-globe.html/feed 0 Living with Diabetes… In Kuwait http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/11/living-with-diabetes-in-kuwait.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/11/living-with-diabetes-in-kuwait.html#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:00:19 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=63426 We’re back with another edition of our Global Diabetes series, in which we’re “traveling the planet” to bring you stories of people living with diabetes in various parts of the world. This month, we’re hosting Maryam Al-Ostad, a 25-year-old from…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/11/living-with-diabetes-in-kuwait.html/feed 1 Big Blue Test >> Diabetes Help for Haiti! http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/11/big-blue-test-diabetes-help-for-haiti.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/11/big-blue-test-diabetes-help-for-haiti.html#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:00:46 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=63314 The 2012 Big Blue Test campaign is open for business. That’s the huge international online “glucose test-in” organized by Manny Hernandez and his team at the Diabetes Hands Foundation. It emphasizes the importance of exercise with diabetes, and just as…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/11/big-blue-test-diabetes-help-for-haiti.html/feed 0 Death By Diabetes Inspires a “Robin Hood” of Global D-Care http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/10/death-by-diabetes-inspires-a-robin-hood-of-global-d-care.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/10/death-by-diabetes-inspires-a-robin-hood-of-global-d-care.html#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:00:34 +0000 MikeH http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=61824 Her name was Marjorie. She was a 29-year-old from East Africa’s Uganda. And after living with type 1 diabetes from the age of three, she died last year as a result of diabetes-related kidney disease. Now, in honor of Marjorie,…

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