DiabetesMine: the all things diabetes blog » World Diabetes Day http://www.diabetesmine.com A gold mine of straight talk and encouragement for people living with diabetes Wed, 22 May 2013 11:00:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Alert! Alert! Diabetes Awareness… Today http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/03/alert-alert-today-is-all-about-diabetes-awareness.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/03/alert-alert-today-is-all-about-diabetes-awareness.html#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:00:39 +0000 MikeH http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=72214 Hello again, Diabetes Alert Day. Like clockwork every year, the American Diabetes Association marks its annual D-Alert Day on the fourth Tuesday of March. This is a one-day “wake-up call” designed to make people more aware of type 2 diabetes…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/03/alert-alert-today-is-all-about-diabetes-awareness.html/feed 0 Pharma’s Take on World Diabetes Day 2012 http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/11/pharmas-take-on-world-diabetes-day-2012.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/11/pharmas-take-on-world-diabetes-day-2012.html#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:00:56 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=63481 Well, here we are — World Diabetes Day 2012! Today, we mark the anniversary of the day the co-creator of insulin, Dr. Frederick Banting, was born back in 1891. While World Diabetes Day has been around for more than two decades,…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/11/pharmas-take-on-world-diabetes-day-2012.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 Presenting Blue Cupcake, the Diabetes Answer to Hallmark Cards http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/11/presenting-blue-cupcake-the-diabetes-answer-to-hallmark-cards.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/11/presenting-blue-cupcake-the-diabetes-answer-to-hallmark-cards.html#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:00:38 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=62706 Today we’re proud to present an exclusive announcement here at the ‘Mine, of a new project spearheaded by our own Allison (Blass) Nimlos! She’s kicking off November, the big month of D-awareness, by debuting her new line of diabetes-inspired handmade…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/11/presenting-blue-cupcake-the-diabetes-answer-to-hallmark-cards.html/feed 5 Countdown to Diabetes Awareness Month & World Diabetes Day 2012! http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/10/countdown-to-diabetes-awareness-month-world-diabetes-day-2012.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/10/countdown-to-diabetes-awareness-month-world-diabetes-day-2012.html#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2012 20:00:37 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=61379 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…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/10/countdown-to-diabetes-awareness-month-world-diabetes-day-2012.html/feed 4 World Diabetes Day: Five Years and Counting! http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/11/world-diabetes-day-five-years-and-counting.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/11/world-diabetes-day-five-years-and-counting.html#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:00:25 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=36469 According to the authorities, the annual World Diabetes Day celebration on November 14 got started way back in 1991.  But of course nobody heard much about it until that history-making UN resolution was signed, recognizing the urgency of diabetes and…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/11/world-diabetes-day-five-years-and-counting.html/feed 11 Let’s Get Behind the Blue Circle: Join the Movement! http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/11/lets-get-behind-the-blue-circle-join-the-movement.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/11/lets-get-behind-the-blue-circle-join-the-movement.html#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:00:19 +0000 AmyT http://redesign.diabetesmine.com/?p=35981 Welcome to November, National Diabetes Awareness Month. Here’s a question for you this month: why doesn’t diabetes have a single, recognizable symbol like the ubiquitous pink ribbon for breast cancer? The answer is, it could and should, if we patients…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/11/lets-get-behind-the-blue-circle-join-the-movement.html/feed 21 World Diabetes Day 2011 + Awareness Month = Almost Here! http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/10/world-diabetes-day-2011-awareness-month-almost-here.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/10/world-diabetes-day-2011-awareness-month-almost-here.html#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:00:02 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=35543 November is nearly upon us, which means the biggest month in diabetes advocacy is about to begin! As most of you know, November is National Diabetes Awareness Month, and don’t forget to circle Nov. 14 in blue — that’s World…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/10/world-diabetes-day-2011-awareness-month-almost-here.html/feed 7 World Diabetes Day: Eye Candy http://www.diabetesmine.com/2010/11/world-diabetes-day-eye-candy.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2010/11/world-diabetes-day-eye-candy.html#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:22:44 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=21833 I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend, and the (for you too?) gorgeous weather that blessed us for World Diabetes Day 2010. Here in San Francisco, Kelly Close and her team at Close Concerns collaborated with the local JDRF chapter, and…

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