I hope you’re not tired of yearly roundups yet — hey, we reporters and bloggers only get to do this stuff once a year. So why not do it up big?
Speaking of big, see the TIME magazine Year in Medicine 2008.
Take a gander at their 5 Truths About Health Care in America, which probably won’t surprise you: we Americans spend too much on health care, and get little for our money. On the…
Hey there, Amigos. This week is Spring Break here and I’ve just returned from the most breathtaking four-day weekend with my family on the Monterey coast. My husband and I kept looking at each other and saying, “And this is only an hour drive from us? It’s like another world…” In this other world, however, I have consumed more corn tortilla chips than I usually do in a year, and have thus administered more insulin…
Read more »
DID YOU KNOW that at any given time in the U.S. there over 900 clinical trials underway to study improved treatments and/or possible cures for diabetes? Can you imagine the time, effort, and money at work here?
Yet surprisingly, despite the estimated 21 million people with diabetes in this country, most of these projects are struggling to find enough patients willing and able to participate. Why? Mainly because most patients either aren’t aware of these…