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…
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AmyT on
March 14, 2012
{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…
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AmyT on
October 22, 2010
It doesn’t seem possible. In this day and age, with all the advanced medicines and devices, the diligent attention so many of us pay to our glucose control and that of our diabetic children… How can a healthy, happy child with diabetes, seemingly in such good control, simply pass away in her sleep without a peep or a warning sign that might have alerted her loved ones that something was wrong?
But it did happen,…
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