Happy Valentine’s Day! There is nothing quite like the support of a partner in dealing with diabetes, and we’re even more in awe when we see partners “getting their hands dirty” with work in diabetes advocacy. Such is the case with Chris Barnes, husband to Brandy Barnes, the founder of the DiabetesSisters.org community. Brandy has hosted several national conferences for women with diabetes (we attended their Spring conference last year), and Chris has been a…
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AmyT on
January 24, 2012
Like many of you, Allison and I have been spending time reflecting on the past year, and thinking about where this new year might take us.
Turns out, this month’s Diabetes Social Media Advocacy DSMA Blog Carnival asked just that question:
What is the one thing you are looking forward to in 2012? (diabetes related)
It’s hard to pinpoint just one thing, but here’s where the thought process took us both:
Amy’s Answer…
To me,…
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All across the world, countries are facing a difficult economic time. But there are few places in the developed world in as critical condition as Greece, where unemployment has reached staggering heights. Like the U.S., Greece’s healthcare is built on private insurance companies, and nowadays, more and more people with diabetes are unable to afford their medications.
In our continuing series on diabetes across the globe, Lena Zafeiriou, a 37-year-old type 1 living in Athens,…
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A few weeks ago, several bloggers were contacted by a representative from an organization called the Juvenile Diabetes Cure Alliance. We visited their website to check them out, but it was slim on information: Who are the people behind this Cure Alliance? It was a big mystery, and some folks were even concerned it could be a scam…
Turns out that Stoyan Zaimov is one of the people behind the scenes at the JDCA. He’s…
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