diabetes awareness

Diabetes Etiquette for Parents of Teens + More Help from the BDI

By AmyT on July 1, 2011

A few years back, Dr. Bill Polonsky and his team at the Behavioral Diabetes Institute in San Diego introduced their now-famous Diabetes Etiquette cards — the world’s first recognition and pocket-sized guidance on how to avoid being rude and potentially hurtful when interacting with PWDs (people with diabetes), thank you very much!
At this year’s ADA, the BDI premiered the next-generation of these ueber-clever and useful little fold-out cards: “Diabetes Etiquette for Parents – What…

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“O is for Outrage” Diabetes Postcard Campaign!

By AmyT on June 30, 2011

Wow, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) works fast! Following the Roche Social Media Summit, where their head of communications Isabella Platon presented, it took just a few days for them to connect with us D-bloggers and turn around a national postcard-writing campaign that could potentially pack a huge global punch:

The goal is to get President Barack Obama to show up and present at the upcoming UN Summit on global health issues (non-communicable diseases) on…

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Around the Diabetes Blogosphere – June 2011 Edition

By AmyT on June 30, 2011

Another month has gone by and it’s been a very busy one in the DOC, what with the You Can Do This! campaign and the Roche Diabetes Social Media Summit in San Diego, not to mention the ADA Conference. Here are our picks for a few posts worth checking out in case you missed them…

How do you talk to your children about diabetes when you’re the one who has it? Michele Brown shares her…

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ADA Conference 2011: The Good, The Bad, and the Errr… News

By AmyT on June 27, 2011

The annual ADA Scientific Sessions conference is always kind of a mind-blower. It brings together 13,000 scientists, physicians, and other health care professionals (and now, bloggers!) from around the world.
This year, there will be hundreds of symposia, 59 special lectures, nearly 378 abstracts presented, and also nearly 2,000 research posters unveiled. Whew!
Thankfully, the ADA helps out bloggers and the media with a summary called “Clues to the News.” Here is our take on…

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Roche Social Media Summit & Onward to ADA

By AmyT on June 24, 2011

Yesterday and this morning, Allison and I attended the third annual Roche Diabetes Social Media Summit — a power-packed get-together of 37 diabetes bloggers and “online influencers” that allows us to pow-wow on all sorts of social media and diabetes advocacy topics. Kudos to Roche for continuing this program.
This year, the meeting was held at the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego, directly across from the Convention Center where the annual ADA Scientific Sessions…

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