By
MikeH on
August 1, 2012
Our Diabetes Community is getting a bolus designed to strengthen our advocacy, education and support for people with diabetes across the United States.
Today, the Diabetes Hands Foundation (DHF) announced the nine winners of its inaugural Seeds Grant Program, a project funding initiative that we introduced you to back in March as a means to foster brilliant ideas in the community and strengthen projects already underway to improve the lives of people with diabetes (PWDs).
Nine…
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Another month has come and gone… and once again, we find ourselves overwhelmed with all the outstanding posts that have been published in the Diabetes Online Community in the past month! Here is just a small sampling of noteworthy posts from bloggers we’re proud to know:
Celebrity shame moment: Conan O’Brien caught the DOC’s attention after a lame attempt to get a laugh earlier this month, when he used a Super Mario Brothers video game parody…
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By
MikeH on
July 31, 2012
Contrary to some recent criticisms, we don’t believe the Diabetes Online Community (DOC) is a closed club. Actually, it’s a very open and welcoming place where anyone struggling with diabetes can find support and information. We each might be looking for something different online, and we each have unique experiences. With that in mind, the monthly Diabetes Social Media Advocacy (DSMA) blog carnival is reflecting on a chat from June 13th called Winging It and…
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When we’re diagnosed with diabetes, we hear about something called a “patient-centered healthcare team,” where the patient is supposedly the captain and the endocrinologist, certified diabetes educator, dietician, eye doctor, primary care doctor and other specialists are all supporting team members.
Or so they say. Truth is, “healthcare teams” are rarely set up like this.
As we all know, the patient is rarely in charge of anything and medical professionals are rarely working in harmony.…
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