By
AmyT on
January 5, 2009
Per my recent post on the troubles at the FDA, we’ve launched an online letter and petition titled, “Ask the FDA to Better Serve Diabetes Patients’ Needs,” that we’re asking everyone to sign. The website is fittingly called Heal-the-FDA. Please go and have a look.
You will see that we have a growing list of supporters, including politically-minded D-blogger Scott Strumello, who flagged this issue last summer; Dr. Steven Edelman, founder of TCOYD; pumping expert…
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By
AmyT on
October 30, 2008
People touched by diabetes everywhere want Google’s help! We’re working fastidiously to gather signatures for a grassroots campaign to get the web search magnate to display a special decorative “doodle” on its home page to mark World Diabetes Day, coming up Nov. 14. But despite nearly 10,000 signatures gathered already — and the fact that diabetes plagues 250 million people worldwide — it’s not looking good. And I’ll tell you why.
First, let me point…
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By
AmyT on
October 27, 2008
My mom’s been complaining that my latest posts have been too long. So I’m attempting to keep this one brief — despite the humongously eventful week I have behind me.
Extremely Brief Notes on Health 2.0
The second annual Health 2.0 Conference here in San Francisco was huge, up to nearly a thousand attendees from just half as many last year. This event brings together people from all walks of healthcare and Web 2.0 health…
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Get out your kleenex box, and watch this:
Special thanks to Manny Hernandez and the whole gang at the Diabetes Hands Foundation.…
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