By
AmyT on
March 22, 2013
The JDRF Capitol Chapter’s 3rd annual Research Summit in Washington, D.C., on March 9 brought out leaders from the Diabetes Community to talk about everything from the latest in research and technological advances to psychosocial issues for kids and adults with diabetes.
More than 600 people attended this year. Among them was one of our good friends, longtime type 1 and fellow D-blogger Scott Strumello, on the scene along with several other familiar faces from…
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By
AmyT on
January 1, 2013
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013!!
At the close of last year, we asked the top diabetes advocacy organizations and communities to share what they felt they’d accomplished in 2011, and what kinds of plans / goals / strategies they had in mind for 2012?
It only makes sense that we return to them this year with the same question: did they meet their own expectations for 2012? And what do they envision for continuing to help…
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We all dream of giving diabetes a big Chuck Norris roundhouse kick in the stomach, right? Well, 16-year-old Canadian Chase Pelletier and his dad, Dave, are taking out their aggressions on diabetes in a more unconventional way.
Together with the Academy of Martial Arts (AMA) in Ontario, the father-son pair has launched Karate Chops Diabetes, a one-day martial arts extravaganza aiming to raise $250,000 for the JDRF.
During the half-day event on Nov. 24, a…
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You can walk away from diabetes-focused conferences with more than dry science and research news. Really, you can! That’s what I did recently after attending the Diabetes Today and Tomorrow conference held in the suburbs of Detroit on May 12. I took away two important nuggets of information that can help me better live with diabetes:
First, the key to achieving post-exercise stability in blood sugars may very well be in chocolate milk (!)
Secondly,…
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The Artificial Pancreas has the potential to become a huge leap forward in diabetes care. As anxious as all of us are to push the boundaries in diabetes technology, we can’t forget the importance of clinical trials; nothing will move forward without real patients ready and willing to strap on the gear and let researchers observe them for hours on end, most of the time in a clinical setting.
That might not seem like the…
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