Six smiling faces of fellow people with diabetes stare out from the pages of BusinessWeek, each in support of the message displayed in big white letters: “Type 1 diabetes tests us. Every day.”
In black letters below the collage, the second half of the message: “But JDRF has our backs.”
The rest of the ad is a pitch for the JDRF, mentioning how diabetes tests the patience of every PWD and our families and impacts…
We know him as the lead singer for legendary rock band Poison who captured international attention a couple of years ago with his Celebrity Apprentice win.
He’s also been the new face of the American Diabetes Association for the past few years. But now, Bret Michaels is expanding his involvement with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).
On Saturday, Bret came to Indianapolis to rock the 15th annual Promise Gala and help bring in about…
{Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part interview with ADA CEO Larry Hausner}
We grassroots patient advocates are typically pretty skeptical of the ADA: Aren’t they tied too closely to industry? Who knows what their real agenda is…? My interest was piqued when we at the ‘Mine received the organization’s statement about a new four-year strategic plan, for our year-end preview of the 2012 plans of the country’s top advocacy groups. The ADA…
Happy December 1, All! ‘Tis the season… and though diabetes might not seem like your typical inspiration for the holidays, there are a surprising number of D-related gifts that actually work — from hilarious T-shirts, to blue jewelry, to various aids for getting healthy. Our second annual DBMine Holiday Gift Guide has plenty of ways to incorporate a little diabetes fun into your gift-giving, and many of these options give yet again by supporting diabetes…
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It’s Day Two of National Diabetes Awareness Month and our community is buzzing. Many of you regular readers are involved in all sorts of grassroots campaigns to support, advocate and educate, to be sure. (I watched that Bret Michaels-as-a-daddy TV show, btw, and he’s kinda decent after all; did you know that his tour bus now sports lettering stating “Bret Michaels Wants to Stop Diabetes“?)
Anyway, I’m not pointing you all to that video. Rather,…