health social media

“Friending Pharma” at SXSW: Tell Us Your Thoughts, Please

By AllisonN on March 16, 2012

This past weekend, I had the privilege of speaking at the Interactive portion of the South by Southwest conference (SXSW) in Austin, TX. Launched in the mid-80s as a music festival, SXSW has grown in the last decade or so to become one of the largest festivals in the world, including all manner of social media and mobile technology. A couple of years ago, a group pulled together an unconference portion called SXSH, to focus…

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Laughing Over Diabetes (Beats the Alternative)

By AmyT on September 30, 2011

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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Sunday Funnies: Fakin’ It

By AmyT on September 18, 2011

Who can relate??

Mike Lawson is a new addition to our Sunday Funnies line-up.  Even the bio he sent us made us laugh, so we’re reprinting for your enjoyment here:

Mike Lawson is a self-proclaimed social media junkie, and a doctor-proclaimed Type 1 Diabetic. He’s also a blogger, Facebooker, Flickr Photographer, TuDiabetic, Youtuber, Tweeter, Podcaster, Linkedin-er and About.me-er. Since his Type 1 diagnosis in 2000, Mike has used the Internet and social media to connect…

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MyGlu.org = National Type 1 Diabetes Registry + Social Media “Wow Factor”

By AmyT on September 7, 2011

When we reported last summer about the Helmsley Charitable Trust developing an open national registry for type 1 diabetes, we were envisioning some kind of dry database, or perhaps a big listing of sorts like ClinicalTrials.gov.  We sure as heck weren’t expecting the kind of social media “wow factor” that Helmsley has infused into its new site, MyGlu.org.  Check it out:

The site is in beta testing now, scheduled to go fully live later this…

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Announcing: DiabetesMine Teams with Alliance Health

By AmyT on January 9, 2011

Like my buddy Scotty J of Scott’s Diabetes Journal, I’ve got some big changes for 2011 to share with you all, which I’m very excited about too.  I am pleased to announce that DiabetesMine.com has joined the Alliance Health Networks family of social media websites serving our growing community of people living with a wide variety of chronic conditions.
Say what? Yes, you heard correctly: we’re teaming up with Alliance Health to help bring you…

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