I’ll admit, for the first year after my diagnosis with Type 1 diabetes, I was almost afraid to leave the house. It was scary not knowing what might happen while I was away from home, and wondering whether I’d have the right supplies at hand in a moment of need.
Obviously, my life is a lot different now. We do take family trips regularly, including an annual sojourn to Germany every summer. I also fly…
There are a lot of things going on at the troubled Food and Drug Administration right now that could have a profound impact on the future of diabetes care, but most of us patients never hear about them. And that’s a damn shame. Because we stand at a crossroads.
You may or may not be aware that the Obama Administration is about to appoint a new FDA Commissioner. The politics and personal leanings of this…
As many of you know, I’ve taken on Health Design as a platform of advocacy. And it happened almost by accident, when I had the inspiration to pen that Open Letter to Steve Jobs back in April of ’07. It was a tongue-in-cheek call-to-action for the gurus of consumer design to get together with the providers of medical devices and start making them smaller, slicker, more personalizable — in short, more like the iPod.
I’m happy…
Congratulations, Diabetes Community, on sharing some awesome tips on how to stay physically active over the cold winter months when carbs are so painfully plentiful. This was of course last week’s contest question, to which we again received nearly 60 informative replies.
Overall, the wisdom of the community on this topic seems to focus on the following:
Try some mall walking; get a dog and enjoy the obligation to take it for walks; set an…
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Now this is interesting: I just learned that a new campaign has been launched today called “Cure CVS” — critiquing the nation’s largest retail pharmacy chain for these offenses:
“CVS has repeatedly kept expired drugs on its shelves,
failed to protect sensitive patient data,
overcharged customers in a number of cities,
and stands by corporate policy that puts patient health at risk, which is simply unacceptable.
Numerous racial and income-based issues are also part of…