By
AmyT on
November 14, 2012
Well, here we are — World Diabetes Day 2012!
Today, we mark the anniversary of the day the co-creator of insulin, Dr. Frederick Banting, was born back in 1891. While World Diabetes Day has been around for more than two decades, founded by the International Diabetes Federation, it really started getting noticed in 2007, when the United Nations issued a resolution and made it an official day of observance.
Five years later, the community has grown…
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By
MikeH on
September 14, 2012
This is the sixth in our series of interviews with the 10 winners of the 2012 DiabetesMine Patient Voices Contest, who were announced back in June.
Julie Cabinaw, who lives in Boise, Idaho, is a type 2 who’s no stranger to innovation and web-based technology. She’s worked in software and web tech, product strategy and user experience for 18 years for companies like Microsoft, Healthwise, HP and Scentsy! On top of being a proud wife and mom…
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By
MikeH on
July 25, 2012
This is our first in a series of interviews with the 10 winners of the 2012 DiabetesMine Patient Voices Contest, who were announced back in June. If you’re at all interested in how diabetes technology might best address the real-world issues we PWDs (people with diabetes) face, then you should really hear what Shara Bialo has to say! This 28-year-old from Rhode Island has been living with type 1 since age 9, and as a medical school grad,…
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Just a few short years ago, no one could have envisioned the Diabetes Online Community would become what it is today. And be moving in the collaborative direction it’s going…
Seriously, some likely would have laughed at the idea while shaking their heads in disbelief!
It used to be “Us versus Them,” in terms of the relationship between Pharma and people with diabetes (PWDs). There was little interaction; we didn’t know them and they didn’t…
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