By
AmyT on
November 14, 2012
Well, here we are — World Diabetes Day 2012!
Today, we mark the anniversary of the day the co-creator of insulin, Dr. Frederick Banting, was born back in 1891. While World Diabetes Day has been around for more than two decades, founded by the International Diabetes Federation, it really started getting noticed in 2007, when the United Nations issued a resolution and made it an official day of observance.
Five years later, the community has grown…
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By
MikeH on
October 25, 2012
Ohio resident Carol Patterson, who donated her time and convinced some of her neighbors to help out the American Diabetes Association, is disgusted with the organization and doesn’t plan to contribute her time or money ever again.
Hearing her story makes us clench our fists, but even more infuriating and disappointing is how the ADA has responded to the allegations in question.
By now, it’s no secret Bloomberg’s BusinessWeek magazine ran an exposé on Sept.…
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By
AmyT on
October 15, 2012
The clock is counting down to the world’s biggest month of diabetes awareness!
For those of us living every day of our lives with diabetes, it may seem a little odd that the topic suddenly comes alive each November, as if diabetes awareness weren’t at the forefronts of our minds every other day and month of the year… But then again, we should probably revel in taking over November as “our prime time of the…
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By
MikeH on
October 8, 2012
Six smiling faces of fellow people with diabetes stare out from the pages of BusinessWeek, each in support of the message displayed in big white letters: “Type 1 diabetes tests us. Every day.”
In black letters below the collage, the second half of the message: “But JDRF has our backs.”
The rest of the ad is a pitch for the JDRF, mentioning how diabetes tests the patience of every PWD and our families and impacts…
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