We skipped yesterday’s prompt on Diabetes Blog Week for our regular weekly advice column, so today we bring you two treats:
First, our Sunday Funnies, addressing the Saturday D-Blog Week prompt… Diabetes Art.
Hey, dance is an art form ya know!
Now, there’s a reality show we in the Diabetes Community could really get into! As always, we appreciate the talent of cartoonist Terry Keelan, a fellow type 1 living in Southern California…
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By
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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By
AmyT on
January 5, 2009
Per my recent post on the troubles at the FDA, we’ve launched an online letter and petition titled, “Ask the FDA to Better Serve Diabetes Patients’ Needs,” that we’re asking everyone to sign. The website is fittingly called Heal-the-FDA. Please go and have a look.
You will see that we have a growing list of supporters, including politically-minded D-blogger Scott Strumello, who flagged this issue last summer; Dr. Steven Edelman, founder of TCOYD; pumping expert…
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By
AmyT on
October 30, 2008
People touched by diabetes everywhere want Google’s help! We’re working fastidiously to gather signatures for a grassroots campaign to get the web search magnate to display a special decorative “doodle” on its home page to mark World Diabetes Day, coming up Nov. 14. But despite nearly 10,000 signatures gathered already — and the fact that diabetes plagues 250 million people worldwide — it’s not looking good. And I’ll tell you why.
First, let me point…
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