The topic for this month’s Diabetes Social Media Advocacy (DSMA) blog carnival kind of made me do a double-take. Under the auspices of “what you should know about people living with diabetes,” the specific prompt question is:
What types of decisions and frequency of diabetes-related decisions do you make in any given day?
Uh… to quote a recent source here at the ‘Mine: what the frappuccino?
To me, living with diabetes is all about…
November is nearly upon us, which means the biggest month in diabetes advocacy is about to begin! As most of you know, November is National Diabetes Awareness Month, and don’t forget to circle Nov. 14 in blue — that’s World Diabetes Day.
World Diabetes Day was launched unofficially in the mid-1980s by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), and then was crystalized in 2007 when a UN Resolution was passed, acknowledging diabetes as a global epidemic…
Hello Readers and Friends,
This has been in the making for the better part of a year: we’re very excited to announce that as of next week, Nov. 1 (also the kick-off of National Diabetes Awareness Month), DiabetesMine.com will be getting a whole new look!
Well… a very recognizable look, we hope, but a thoroughly refreshed design with emphasis on two important things:
1. Improved navigability – making it easier to find and filter through…
The funny thing about diabetes is that it can actually be, well… kinda funny! Although diabetes on the whole is no joke, there are plenty of moments in living day-in and day-out with this chronic illness madness that provide some chuckles. This month’s Diabetes Social Media Advocacy (DSMA) blog carnival is all about the lighter side of diabetes. Laughter certainly is one of the best medicines for PWDs. Here are Allison and Amy’s answers to…
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If there’s one thing we here at the ‘Mine can get behind, it’s innovation in diabetes technology. After all, Amy did launch the DiabetesMine Design Challenge four years ago after her popular Open Letter to Steve Jobs post was published. So that’s why we were excited to see that this month’s DSMA Blog Carnival challenge is all about diabetes technology, especially after spending weeks looking at all the wonderful submissions to this year’s contest. We…
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