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AmyT on
October 14, 2010
When I featured the Joe Toucan Diabetes Project a few weeks ago, created by Hollywood producer and diabetes advocate Rocky Lang, I discovered that Rocky is not the only D-advocate in the LA-based Lang family. His 18-year-old daughter, Nikki, who was diagnosed at age 10, is a talented singer and songwriter whose most recent project is supporting the American Diabetes Association’s “Stop Diabetes” campaign. Nikki and her family have been involved with the American Diabetes…
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AmyT on
September 20, 2010
I’m a huge Crystal Bowersox fan. Personally, I think this husky-voiced “busker” should have won this year’s American Idol competition, but it’s still freakin’ amazing to take 2nd place in this larger-than-life national competition.
Those of you who follow entertainment news (or this blog) know by now that Crystal is “one of us” — a person with diabetes (PWD). She’s a type 1 and insulin pumper, currently using her new-found fame to help fellow PWDs.…
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Post-worthy? Apparently I think so. I just caught this partial quote from American Idol finalist Crystal Bowersox (who’s in the Top 2 now – I wrote about her here), on why people should vote for her:
{excerpted from USAToday’s Idol Chatter Blog}
“I need lots of money to give to charities and to start my foundation for juvenile diabetes. It’s not for research. It’s for taking care of issues now. …
My goal is to…
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By
AmyT on
February 5, 2009
Mollie and Jackie Singer are 19-almost-20-year-old twins from Las Vegas, Nevada, who have spent the better part of their lives advocating on behalf of people with diabetes. Mollie was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 4 and she and her sister Jackie, along with their mom, Jackie, and their aunt Mollie (who are also twins — so yes, two sets of twins, both Mollie and Jackie!) — recently launched a new social network called…
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AmyT on
April 16, 2008
Get ready for celebrity-with-diabetes interview number… heck, I don’t know, I lost count. But here goes:
“Neo-Soul” singer Angie Stone has been touring the country with her music for nearly 30 years. For eight of them, Type 2 diabetes has accompanied her. “Now it’s time to give back,” she says. Yesterday, she helped Eli Lilly & Co. launch the new nationwide Fearless African-Americans Connected and Empowered (F.A.C.E.) Diabetes campaign, which will consist of events in…
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