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MikeH on
December 3, 2012
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 Dubai. The inaugural summit being held tomorrow (Tuesday) through Thursday this week is expected to bring in 1,400 to 2,000 people for what ADA organizers are calling a “mini Scientific Sessions” (the ADA’s huge annual…
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MikeH on
November 30, 2012
As we come to the end of Diabetes Awareness Month and the year, it’s always a good chance to reflect a little on what we do.
Turns out, this month’s DSMA (Diabetes Social Media Advocacy) Blog Carnival prompt encourages all of us active in the Diabetes Online Community (DOC) to look back on how we’ve advocated this year and what we can do differently in 2013. We all worked hard this month (and every day of…
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MikeH on
November 20, 2012
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 help change lifestyles in order to prevent type 2 diabetes. Not to mention the latest and greatest in diabetes technology, pharmacology and how the experts are all working more closely than ever in tackling this…
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AmyT on
November 12, 2012
Last week, a virtual who’s-who of about 500 researchers and scientists working on diabetes technologies gathered in Bethesda, MD, for the 12th annual meeting of the Diabetes Technology Society. More than 70 presenters gave talks, mostly introducing new research, over the course of three days.
Myself and DOC consultant/advocate Kelly Close both gave talks about the power of patient-led social media (!)
But the most exciting things this year, to my mind, appeared to be…
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AmyT on
November 2, 2012
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 last year, if the campaign hits its goal of of 20,000 entries, the program sponsor (Roche Accu-Chek) will donate $100,000 to charitable D-organizations.
But this year, the group is expanding the scope of where that…
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