In the past few weeks, the diabetes community has suffered several tragedies in losing young people to diabetes. It is shocking and upsetting when diabetes takes the life of anyone, but somehow more so when it cuts a young life so short. Moira McCarthy Stanford is a journalist, a long-time JDRF volunteer and mom to Leigh, 22, and Lauren, 18 — who was diagnosed with type 1 at age 5. Today, Lauren is one of many…
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Scott Johnson is one of my favorite fellow diabetes bloggers. Always has been. This post will show you why.
A Guest Post by Scott K. Johnson, of Scott’s Diabetes Journal
Amy’s guest post from Dr. Anne Peters last Thursday on “How to be a Good Diabetes Patient” sure ruffled some feathers. I wanted to take a stab at the other side of the story: How to be a good endo, from a patient’s point…
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Sean Kelley is senior editor at Health.com, and author of the “Poked & Prodded” blog. He takes insulin and lives in hot weather and… well, I’ll let him tell you…
A Guest Post by Sean Kelley, PWD at Health.com
Every summer I go through the same dilemma: What to do with my diabetes gear (glucose meter and medications) when I’m playing golf? For those of you living in milder climates, this may not seem…
Francine Kaufman is one of the most recognized individuals in the field of diabetes care. She’s a world-renown pediatric endocrinologist at USC, a former ADA president, the author of Diabesity. Late last year, she made the leap to industry, joining Medtronic to become “a key architect of the company’s global diabetes strategy.” Today we’re privileged to hear her thoughts on then, now, and why:
A Guest Post by Dr. Francine Kaufman, Chief Medical Officer, Medtronic…
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As you may have noticed, I’m fascinated with where new Web-enabled communication tools are taking us in the world of medicine in healthcare. I’m also a huge admirer of the work of the outspoken and sage John Mack, publisher of Pharma Marketing News and author of the Pharma Marketing Blog. I was therefore delighted when John agreed to make a guest appearance here.
{Note: I referenced John extensively in my own recent post on Pharma…