By
AmyT on
August 14, 2012
This is the third in our series of interviews with the 10 winners of the 2012 DiabetesMine Patient Voices Contest, who were announced back in June. This winner brings with her not only great innovation ideas for diabetes devices, but a unique perspective from the Pacific Islander minority community that’s so affected by type 2.
Ivoni Nash, who lives in Utah, tells us what it’s like for those in this minority community, and how diabetes technology might…
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By
MikeH on
July 25, 2012
This is our first in a series of interviews with the 10 winners of the 2012 DiabetesMine Patient Voices Contest, who were announced back in June. If you’re at all interested in how diabetes technology might best address the real-world issues we PWDs (people with diabetes) face, then you should really hear what Shara Bialo has to say! This 28-year-old from Rhode Island has been living with type 1 since age 9, and as a medical school grad,…
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It is always exciting to see one of “our own” — a diabetes blogger and advocate — find success offline. That’s why we’re thrilled to announce the publication of a new book, Kids First, Diabetes Second by Leighann Calentine, the author of D-Mom Blog and mom to Quinn, a 7-year-old PWD who was diagnosed with type 1 four years ago. Like many of us, Leighann started blogging to share support and information, and now she’s expanding…
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We all know that teenager-hood with diabetes can be extremely challenging. Also for the parents, of course. And if your teen is anything like I was, the phrase, “You just don’t understand!” is regularly heard around the home. As a parent, you probably feel like your teen doesn’t understand either! That’s why Brad Lowder, a Northern California-based real estate agent with a strong background in media and advertising, created 1SweetLife — an online community just for teens…
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