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…
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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,…
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Diabetes research with mice. Right. We’re never sure when humans will be able to oust the mouse. When fellow D-blogger and journalist Mike Hoskins discovered an interesting study right in his own backyard, he headed straight behind the scenes to get the scoop for us:
Special to the ‘Mine by Mike Hoskins
Once again, some diabetes research news crossed my inbox and made my eyes roll: “Researchers find beta cell stress could trigger the…
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AmyT on
December 2, 2011
Yesterday marks “a milestone” in the development of new technology to help automate the care and treatment of type 1 diabetes, according to JDRF!
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration unveiled its eagerly awaited Draft Guidance document for research and development of the Artificial Pancreas system, and initial reaction from JDRF — in a press conference held yesterday afternoon — was a mix of jubilation and a more measured response that they remain “guardedly optimistic” about the details…
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