2008 diabetes

This Year at DiabetesMine – 2008

By AmyT on December 24, 2008

Following on my review of the year in diabetes, I’ve been reflecting on what marked 2008 here at DiabetesMine.com.  I realized that 2008 was quite an eventful year over here, both for me personally and news-wise.  Here’s a list of some key milestones here at the Mine:

January – I was featured in Newsweek!  And we learned that diabetes costs America more than the conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and the global war on terrorism combined.…

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2008: The Diabetes Year in Review

By AmyT on December 22, 2008

It’s that time again. Another year has passed, and one can’t help wondering: was there any significant progress made in the diabetes world?  I guess if you only count “progess” as steps towards a cure, that’s a difficult question to answer.  For what it’s worth, here’s my own list of milestone events that occurred this year:

♦ The ACCORD study results were announced, and interpreted to sound like tight blood glucose control might kill you…

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