By
MikeH on
February 13, 2013
Is there something in the water? Seriously… it’s like there’s a contagion out there at the moment spreading misinformation about diabetes.
Sadly, movies and media missing the point is nothing new for the Diabetes Community. It happens all too often.
But some recent high-profile examples demonstrate the continuing battle we face combatting myths and misconceptions around our disease.
First, there’s a new NBC show ironically titled Do No Harm (a referrence to the Hippocratic oath that all physicians…
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By
AmyT on
December 26, 2012
Well, we all made through another year!
Surprised we got through this one? Especially with that purported Mayan prediction about the world ending on Dec. 21, 2012? Well, we’re still here! Predictions of doom were apparently exaggerated… Perhaps the premonitions were of something “magical” that was supposed to happen, so we were crossing our fingers for a cure being discovered or the FDA approving the best-ever fantasy diabetes device… or somesuch.
But short of that…
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By
AmyT on
December 20, 2012
In a somewhat surprising announcement last week, we heard that dLifeTV, the nation’s only TV program devoted to diabetes, was going off the air. Instead of running on CNBC each Sunday at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, it will henceforth be web-based, posted each Sunday at www.dlifetv.com during the same time slot.
Online since 2005, dLife is one of the “premiere platforms to inform, inspire and connect with millions of diabetes patients, consumers and caregivers.”…
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By
MikeH on
November 9, 2012
Today is the 8th annual Diabetes Blog Day, a online community activism initiative started by fellow type 1 and D-Blogger Gina Capone back in 2005 (when the online community was so very much smaller!).
Aside from the actual theme this year, November 2012 marks a very special and happy D-Blog Day for its founder and our entire community because Gina gave birth to a beautiful baby boy this past Monday! Congratulations, Gina! We are unspeakably…
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By
AmyT on
September 20, 2012
Everyone has a story. And many in the Diabetes Online Community (DOC) already know that our friend and fellow PWD (person with diabetes) Kim Vlasnik has a great one worth sharing. That’s even more the case recently as Kim’s name is popping up near and far due to her video work. She indeed belongs in the Hall of Fame that is our regular Amazing Diabetes Advocates series.
To find out more about Kim, our talented…
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