By
MikeH on
March 26, 2013
Hello again, Diabetes Alert Day.
Like clockwork every year, the American Diabetes Association marks its annual D-Alert Day on the fourth Tuesday of March. This is a one-day “wake-up call” designed to make people more aware of type 2 diabetes and offer them ways to assess their own potential to develop this condition. In other words, “Hey, you don’t want diabetes so do something about it now while you can!”
Twenty-thirteen marks the 25th year…
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By
AmyT on
March 15, 2011
My buddy Manny Hernandez and his team at the non-profit Diabetes Hands Foundation (DHF) — publishers of the social media health networks Tudiabetes.org and EsTuDiabetes.org — have scored again! In a very big way!
They’ve just announced being awarded a $150,000 grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, the same organization that is funding a new national registry for type 1 diabetes.
From the press release:
The Helmsley Charitable Trust is…
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By
AmyT on
February 20, 2009
In the aftermath of my recent cancer scare, I’m feeling lucky to be alive these days. But it doesn’t make the diabetes any easier. Ironically, the days I work out hardest are often my worst BG control days, since I’m so hungry and craving carbs…
All of these thoughts brought me back to this post, which first appeared on the Diabetes OC site when I was “Featured Blogger of the Week” over the holidays. (I’m…
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