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AmyT on
March 25, 2009
For the this year’s DiabetesMine Design Challenge, we are fortunate to have a judging panel that includes some highly influential individuals in healthcare and diabetes treatment. So who are these people? And what prompted them to get involved with a diabetes design contest? I’d like to take the opportunity to introduce these folks in a series of (hopefully enlightening) interviews, that will (also hopefully) foster further creativity and motivate some of you to jump in…
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AmyT on
March 20, 2009
I can’t believe I’ve lived with diabetes for five years now and never knew the term for my ultimate goal: euglycemia. That’s a fancy science word for “normal blood sugar levels.” Since I’ve discovered this term, I’ve become just a tad obsessed. Did you know Google spits out 52,900 hits for it? Of course I mainly wanted to know how exactly how “normal blood sugar” is defined. According to the JDRF Kids site, it’s “blood…
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AmyT on
March 19, 2009
It may or may not surprise you to know that lots of people with diabetes don’t really know how to use their glucose meters. By that I mean they were never given a good explanation of when test to test or why. Naturally this refers mostly to folks not on insulin (because taking insulin generally makes testing a do-or-die affair).
But there are a shocking number of Type 2 diabetics out there who were truly…
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AmyT on
March 18, 2009
Today, a quick heads-up on a rather original and fun approach to raising money for diabetes: make some D-art out of your loose change!
The folks at Pump Wear Inc., the company that claims to have started the trend of cool, colorful insulin pump accessories and mini-packs for kids, have created a new fundraising initiative in which they’re asking for people affected by diabetes to create a visual representation of how long they have had…
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