A North Carolina man living with type 2 diabetes has filed a federal lawsuit against a state dietetics board that he claims censored his blog, the Diabetes Warrior. The board claims that since he isn’t a licensed dietician, he shouldn’t be allowed to offer online advice to fellow people with diabetes about what they should and shouldn’t eat.
Diabetes blogger Steve Cooksey’s story sounds familiar: the 51-year-old was diagnosed with type 2 in 2009 after…
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AmyT on
November 17, 2011
Hola. We’ll be hosting next week’s Grand Rounds blog carnival here at the ‘Mine, with a THANKSGIVING theme:
What are you Thankful For in health & medicine? And/or in the blogging and social media world?
Please send submissions to us at info_at_diabetesmine.com with “Grand Rounds Submission” in the subject line.
Please include the title of your post and the URL, along with a brief summary of the topic or bent. Deadline for submissions is 8pm PST…
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Autumn brings hectic school schedules and shorter days, but we’re staying on track with bringing you the latest bloggy goodness from the DOC. Check out our picks for best reads of this past month (unfortunately starting with some sad news):
First, let’s rally around Kelly Kunik as she says good-bye to her beloved mother, who passed away last weekend. Our hearts are with you. We love you, Kelly!
The diabetes community also loses another young…
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Attention, please! We’ll be hosting next week’s Grand Rounds blog carnival here at the ‘Mine. This is my third time hosting this awesome weekly forum of the best of medical and health blogging — as submitted by anyone who wants to participate.
For a look-see, check out this week’s edition over at DrPullen.com.
Lots of hosts use themes. It being the 15th of March next Tuesday, we are going for the Ides of March, an…
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Is it OK for patients to chatter away about their doctors online, while those doctors remain under oath not to disclose patient information? And yet, some doctors do blog about interactions with their patients.
Last Friday, I was a guest on a Podcast hosted by Albert Maruggi, creator of the Social Media Throwdown series, on this topic. I was there to discuss the value of patients sharing their experiences online. The counterpoint was brought by…
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