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 mind for 2012?
It only makes sense that we return to them this year with the same question: did they meet their own expectations for 2012? And what do they envision for continuing to help…
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 if diabetes awareness weren’t at the forefronts of our minds every other day and month of the year… But then again, we should probably revel in taking over November as “our prime time of the…
Six smiling faces of fellow people with diabetes stare out from the pages of BusinessWeek, each in support of the message displayed in big white letters: “Type 1 diabetes tests us. Every day.”
In black letters below the collage, the second half of the message: “But JDRF has our backs.”
The rest of the ad is a pitch for the JDRF, mentioning how diabetes tests the patience of every PWD and our families and impacts…
We know him as the lead singer for legendary rock band Poison who captured international attention a couple of years ago with his Celebrity Apprentice win.
He’s also been the new face of the American Diabetes Association for the past few years. But now, Bret Michaels is expanding his involvement with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).
On Saturday, Bret came to Indianapolis to rock the 15th annual Promise Gala and help bring in about…
You can walk away from diabetes-focused conferences with more than dry science and research news. Really, you can! That’s what I did recently after attending the Diabetes Today and Tomorrow conference held in the suburbs of Detroit on May 12. I took away two important nuggets of information that can help me better live with diabetes:
First, the key to achieving post-exercise stability in blood sugars may very well be in chocolate milk (!)
Secondly,…