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AmyT on
April 18, 2013
There’s been a longstanding discussion among patient advocates over the need for new, more descriptive names that would better differentiate between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The debate has hit a climax this week, in the wake of a new online petition issued by two passionate D-Moms, who’ve gathered more than 2,800 signatures to date and even enlisted the support of some renown researchers in their call for a “rebranding” of disease types.
The…
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AmyT on
January 31, 2013
Hard to believe we’re a month into 2013, already!
We’re pleased to continue with the monthly recap of fave D-blog posts from around the Diabetes Online Community (DOC) we started back in 2011. This year, we look forward to highlighting even more awesome posts that shouldn’t oughta be missed. As always, we’d love to hear from you re: any others you think are worth mentioning.
Here’s a sampling of what caught our eye in January 2013:…
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AmyT on
January 18, 2013
Nearing the end of our regular Friday “life with diabetes” video series from filmmaker Jenny MacKenzie, we bring you a clip that dives into a very personal issue for those who’ve grown up with diabetes and lived with it throughout their childhood and teen years.
The topic: finding the ongoing motivation necessary to keep doing what we’re supposed to, whether it’s checking our blood sugars or counting carbs or even taking insulin. In this clip,…
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AmyT on
December 31, 2012
Today marks the end of another year, amazingly. Please read our 2012 Year in Review to get the ‘Mine’s perspective on the year now nearly behind us. Tomorrow, we step into a brand new year!
Before that happens, though, we are taking a look back at some of the great posts in the Diabetes Online Community this past month. As usual, there are so many… and we’ve done our best to highlight a handful that…
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