Suspect in cause of diabetes caught red handed and in action
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Researchers and scientists out of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis discovered a very distinct and precise action of the immune cells that can cause diabetes.
Researchers were able to examine the immune cells from isolated insulin-making structures in the pancreas known as the islets of Langerhans. They caught the immune cells, known as dendritic cells, “red-handed”: Carrying insulin and fragments of insulin-producing cells known as beta cells. This can be the first step toward starting a misdirected immune system attack that destroys the beta cells, preventing the body from making insulin a...
Source: Diabetes Notes - May 9, 2008 Category: Diabetes Authors: Kendra James, RN Tags: Diabetes Research autoimmune cells beta cells dendritic cells disease Source Type: blogs
Drinking calories debated
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The debate on whether the calories that
people with or without diabetes drink help to make us feel full isn't
over. But the evidence that they don't is mounting. My preliminary article, "Drinking Calories," appeared here last September. At that time I reported on the finding of obesity researcher Barbara Rolls.
“Calorie intake increased significantly when people drank a beverage
containing 150 calories with lunch, compared to when... (Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts)
Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts - May 9, 2008 Category: Diabetes Source Type: blogs
New nanotube technology can monitor second by second minute amounts of insulin
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A new method that uses nanotechnology to rapidly measure minute amounts of insulin is a major step toward developing the ability to assess the health of the body’s insulin-producing cells in real time.
This could help in future forms of treatments that could be used to improve the efficacy of a new procedure for treating type 1 diabetes which has showed the ability to free diabetics from insulin injections for years.
If you would like to read further exactly how they overcame the nanotube technology in order to complete the research, click here.
Tags: Diabetes, minute insulin, nanotechnology, nanotube, type-1-diabete...
Source: Diabetes Notes - May 9, 2008 Category: Diabetes Authors: Kendra James, RN Tags: Diabetes Research minute insulin nanotechnology nanotube type-1-diabetes type-2-diabetes Source Type: blogs
Computers are annoying.
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So last night there was another glitch here on SUM. For some reason, I couldn't log in to my Movable Type database, comments were popping "500" errors, and my poor head - exhausted from weeks of wedding wackiness and a very busy work schedule - started to turn itself into (sugar-free) Jell-O. Now it seems that I'm back in the database, frantically posting something to let you guys know four things:There may be some downtime here at SUM for web maintenance.There will be downtime anyway, as I'm gone from both work and the Internet as a whole starting next Friday morning.I'm in the process of moving the b...
Source: Six Until Me. - May 9, 2008 Category: Diabetes Tags: Blogging Bits Source Type: blogs
Dexcom system
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I might actually break down and buy a new box of sensors. I misread this paragraph: The Dexcom Open Choice is being shipped to all new customers. Existing customers can pay an upgrade (about $200 currently). Dexcom is waiting for FDA approval to provide a download capability for software upgrades. The hope to get this approval by July and will then provide the upgrade for free to existing customers. Source: Bernard's Diabetes Blog I thought I was going to have to pay an extra $200 to get the new capabilities, but I just called Dexcom to tell them why I wasn't going to buy new sensors -- basically the cost. I pr...
Source: Living With Diabetes - May 9, 2008 Category: Diabetes Source Type: blogs
Cats are not my friend
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I had a cat. Once. I was really young, and only have faint memories. For example, I remember our cat climbing into the dog bed we had for our dog Teddy. He'd snuggle up close, crowding him more and more until finally, Teddy would get up and find somewhere else to lay. It was, of course, all part of the cat's plan, and he'd stretch out and enjoy the bed all to himself. This one memory taints my view of cats to this day. Cats, as it turns out, don't really care about anyone. Well, okay, that's not true. They care about others up to the point that it benefits themselves. They jump up into your lap not because they wanted to s...
Source: Ryan Bruner's blog - May 9, 2008 Category: Diabetes Source Type: blogs
Another argument for the conservation of insulin
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New research continues to demonstrate that our creator, science or evolution (depending on your perspective, naturally) knew what it was doing when it came to insulin. The hormone works almost the same way in all animal life, and differs very little between species. In fact, very recently, scientists at The Salk Institute in San Diego have managed to prove that the humble fruitfly also relies on the same insulin-regulated molecular pathway to maintain its energy balance. The journal Cell Metabolism recently documented this discovery:Biao Wang, Jason Goode, Jennifer Best, Jodi Meltzer, Pablo E. Schilman, Jian Chen, Dan Garz...
Source: Scott's Web Log - May 9, 2008 Category: Diabetes Tags: HbA1c FDA type 1 diabetes clinical trials type 2 diabetes 2008 fruit fly Source Type: blogs
Wisdom of the winners, and more
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Harking back to the last contest hosted here, Seven Words of Wisdom for Living with Diabetes, today a nice photo montage of our wise and wonderful winners -- and their coveted prizes. -- Terry Keelan sporting attitude, and his new... (Source: Diabetes Mine)
Source: Diabetes Mine - May 9, 2008 Category: Diabetes Authors: AmyT Tags: Fun Stuff Source Type: blogs
Springing the past forward.
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I love spring time. I love the warm nights and the smell of the rain and wet dirt. Waking up to the incredible green scenery every morning is a revitalizing way to start the day. The sounds of the birds in the morning and sitting on the porch in early evening watching the bats perform their aerial dance with such grace and such purpose, these are healing moments. Teaching my children how to identify the beautiful birds that visit our feeder daily is so rewarding. At last count we have identified 19 different kinds of birds on our property and two more in a nearby field and creek. Working on our "Family Roots" yard project ...
Source: DanielDoo - May 9, 2008 Category: Diabetes Authors: Vivian Source Type: blogs
"monster, monster über alles..."
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Well, it looks like Schuyler's Monster is going to be translated into German. The deal is in the works, by golly.The first thing I did when I found out was go to one of those translation sites to see what "Schuyler's Monster" becomes in German.Turns out, it's "Schuyler's Monster". Well now, that's not very Teutonic and menacing. (Source: Schuyler's Monster: The Blog)
Source: Schuyler's Monster: The Blog - May 9, 2008 Category: Diabetes Authors: Rob Source Type: blogs
"national diabetes goal" set
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On Wednesday, a group of diabetes advocacy and business organizations, under the umbrella of Novo Nordisk's National Changing Diabetes Program (NCDP), announced an ambitious goal: By 2015, they want 45% of Americans who are at risk for Type 2 diabetes to know their blood glucose level and what actions they can take to lower their risk of developing diabetes.... (Source: Diabetes Self-Management)
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - May 9, 2008 Category: Diabetes Authors: Tara Dairman Source Type: blogs
Good thing it's connected
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I decided to wear a pedometer today to actually track how much I walk in a day, because I feel I walk quite a big (and cause I got a free one today).
Darn thing kept falling off. Every 2 minutes.
I lost it by the end of the day.
This is why it's a darn good thing my insulin pump is physically connected to me. (Source: Nothing Is Sound)
Source: Nothing Is Sound - May 9, 2008 Category: Diabetes Authors: Christine-Megan Source Type: blogs
More than half of us diabetics have arthritis
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ATLANTA - More than half of U.S. adults with diabetes also have arthritis, raising a serious obstacle for diabetic patients urged to exercise, according to a government study. (Source: In Diabetes Today - Diabetes News from ADA)
Source: In Diabetes Today - Diabetes News from ADA - May 8, 2008 Category: Diabetes Source Type: blogs
New husband, new gym, new lows
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Now that I am a married woman my new “husband” (so weird to say that) and I go to the gym to pump some iron together. Its really fun, he became my trainer by default, and the best part… I don’t have to pay him! Well, not with money anyway (haha).
Rewind to Monday night. We got to the gym and I really wanted to do cardio since I haven’t really done any aerobic type workout in almost three weeks. Big M went to the weights and I hopped on an elliptical.
Before I left the house my BS was 137 and I already lowered my basal to a temporary basal of 50% an hour before as per my diabetes team.
I ...
Source: The Diabetes Talkfest Blog - May 8, 2008 Category: Diabetes Authors: Gina Tags: The Talkfest Source Type: blogs
Wildflower note
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There will be more to come on Wildflower but as a quick update, the race went well. I ended up going with Levemir and was happy with the outcome. From last year I took 3 minutes off my swim, about 10 minutes off my bike, and 9 minutes off my run. That adds up to 22 minutes but somehow I spent forever in transition and had a time of only 17 minutes faster. (I did forget to put my timing chip back on after the swim and forgot it yet again before the run and had to go back to get it right before I left the transition area. Argh!) It was great to meet up with Bill and Peter and some good friends from my San Francisco tri team...
Source: Annetics - May 8, 2008 Category: Diabetes Source Type: blogs
Pumps are good, m'kay?
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The Associated Press has issued an article about the safety of insulin pumps, claiming that deaths have been linked to insulin pump use. What's that phrase again? If it bleeds, it leads? Our own Scott Strumello, research blogger extraordinaire, has provided a very fine synopsis of the article - you should definitely take a read. I was contacted by Steve Sabicer, a representative at MiniMed, and had the opportunity to get a little feedback from their camp. How does Medtronic respond to the claim that "insulin pumps can be risky and have been linked to injuries and e...
Source: Six Until Me. - May 8, 2008 Category: Diabetes Tags: Diabetes News Source Type: blogs
Why i almost wish riley was diagnosed at a younger age
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I read a news story this morning that made me cry.Here are a few of the highlights that jumped out at me:Ryan Collins of Aldie, Va., was only 10 weeks old when doctors made the diagnosis: Type 1 diabetes.10 weeks old are you kidding me? How horrible. Why would I wish Riley was diagnosed that young? Keep reading.Until last month, that is, when Ryan, now almost 7, stopped needing shots.A dream come true.Dr. Hattersley has also helped show that diabetes diagnosed in the first six months of life is monogenic. And about half those cases are caused by a particular mutation that can be overcome by sulfonylurea pills, an old and i...
Source: My son has diabetes - May 8, 2008 Category: Diabetes Source Type: blogs
Interview with immunologist extraordinaire: dr. norma kenyon
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A few weeks ago, I had the great pleasure of sitting down and talking with Dr. Norma Sue Kenyon, who is in her official capacity a professor of surgery, medicine, microbiology and immunology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, but is perhaps better known an immunologist who works at the affiliated Diabetes Research Institute (DRI), and also as the director of the Wallace H. Coulter Center for Translational Research (named for Wallace H. Coulter, who was the co-founder, former chairman and president of Coulter Corp. where Dr. Kenyon once worked). She's also the mother of two daughters.I had met Dr. Kenyon ...
Source: Scott's Web Log - May 8, 2008 Category: Diabetes Tags: Denise Faustman Norma Sue Kenyon DRI INGAP Diabetes Research Institute Norma Kenyon 2008 Source Type: blogs
Tarpal cunnel syndrome - ouch
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No, that's not my cat walking on the keyboard again, typing crazy things (although she does that often). It's me. My carpal tunnel syndrome is acting up again, and I'm hating it. Who would have thought a little cramping in... (Source: Diabetes Mine)
Source: Diabetes Mine - May 8, 2008 Category: Diabetes Authors: AmyT Tags: Essential Diabetes Source Type: blogs
Treatment options for gestational diabetes
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As if gestational diabetes isn't tricky enough, there are actually limited treatment options for pregnant women suffering from gestational diabetes.
© mr. toaster
Usually, the options were just diet adjustment and insulin injection when the new diet failed.
Now, as reported by the U.S. News and World Report, there are new oral treatment options that are safe for pregnant women:
Glyburide - an oral medication that can be bought for less than $15, has been a viable treatment option for pregnant women since 2000Metformin - another oral drug that's slightly more expensive, is an option newly deemed safe and effec...
Source: Daily Diabetic - May 8, 2008 Category: Diabetes Tags: Treatment Source Type: blogs
A chapter meeting of d.e.s.a.
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Long, long ago, the Diabetes Exercise and Sports Association was named I.D.A.A.(International Diabetic Athletes Association) They dropped the diabetic and the international parts for the sake of political correctness. Anyway, I learned that and a whole slew of other goodies at last night's founding chapter(Baltimore D.E.S.A) Doug Dressman(Executive Director) and Rick Philbin(Animus, diabetes exercise guru) were on hand to kick things off, and then a local CDE falicitated the meeting. (held, where else, at the most humongous health club I have EVER seen, it was like a Super Walmart with two stories. If it weren't so far, I'...
Source: The D-Log Cabin - May 8, 2008 Category: Diabetes Authors: type1emt Source Type: blogs
How can he not know?
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It truly does amaze me at times. Ok, all of the time. I joined his staff for a "happy hour" last night and one of his employees was telling me how my hubby was slurring all of his words in a staff meeting 2 weeks ago. I explained that was the meds he wason for his cracked ribs. My hubby is sitting right there and he says, "I did not slur my words!"So not only have I told him that he did, but a co-worker also told him. And he still doesn't remember, or worse yet, believe, that he slurred them so bad no one could understand a thing he was saying.I'm starting to think that the nerve endings in his brain cells are dead! LOL!An...
Source: Wife of a Diabetic - May 8, 2008 Category: Diabetes Authors: Diabeteswife Source Type: blogs
Wtf, low cal gal?
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I thought I was going to blog today about how my job search is close to causing me panic. However, I did have a second interview this morning with one place, and I thought it went okay. I have a second interview that I'm really looking forward to next week. If I don't get either of these jobs, I think my nerves will be shot. But I decided after watching some lunchtime TV that's not what today's blog is really about.There is this show on the Discovery Health channel around noontime called "Weighted". I don't normally watch it, because I'm usually catching up on the "What Not to Wear" rerun on TLC, however I'd seen today's W...
Source: Dorkabetic - May 8, 2008 Category: Diabetes Authors: Hannah Source Type: blogs
Diabetes/the nitty gritty
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Scott Strumello @sstrumello.blogspot.com has tagged me for *5 Things You Won't Find In A Book*Thanks Scott.Some of these items that I will list. you might find in a book. But all come from a personal relationship that I have had with Diabetes(T1DM) for a long time.1. If you are newly diagnosed w/T1DM or you are the Mother of a child with Diabetes, then learn as much as you can retain about this complex disease.......and keep learning.2. Always have some sort of ID on your person that says, that you have Diabetes and are on Insulin.3. Treat signs/symptoms of Hypoglycemia IMMEDIATELY w/o first using your meter to check your ...
Source: BetterCell - May 8, 2008 Category: Diabetes Authors: BetterCell Source Type: blogs
"it turned everything upside down"
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For those of you who’ve followed my blog throughout the past eight months, if you've read with any regularity you have no doubt encountered my discussions about the Family Centered Experience (FCE) program at the University of Michigan Medical School. My most recent FCE blog entries are April 3 ("A Year of Helping Medical Students") and April 10 ("Breaking Bad News"), but I also wrote about this great program back in December ("Before They Are Doctors").
So, do you want more? I hope so, because you're going to get more.... (Source: Diabetes Self-Management)
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - May 8, 2008 Category: Diabetes Authors: Eric Lagergren Source Type: blogs
Training!
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My brother does not ask for much.....but as he has been listening to my plans for training for the Medtronic Marathon in October...he has asked that I blog this adventure! I do not think he realizes I already blog, but I am going to add in training information just for him :) Here you go bro!I find when I run, and my blood sugar is higher then normal (tisk tisk, not good....I know.....but I really wanted to get out and run!!!) the run feels long and tiring. I feel like I am fighting to keep going! Thankfully this does not happen often, but what a difference a good blood sugar makes when going out for a run! 6km run this mo...
Source: Drea versus CGMS - May 7, 2008 Category: Diabetes Source Type: blogs
Medtronic ultralink.
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As I mentioned last week, there was a random package from Minimed left on my doorstep. And being the big geek that I am, I think I actually clasped my hands together and said "Oooh, what's this?" Funny how an unexpected diabetes gadget can bring such instant joy. The techno-joy in me implodes and I'm eager to rip open the box and push all the shiny new buttons.But I've digressed again. Imagine that?I've been using the Medtronic UltraLink for a few days now, watching as the results ping directly to my insulin pump. This is a good thing, because I never, ever entered my blood sugars ma...
Source: Six Until Me. - May 7, 2008 Category: Diabetes Source Type: blogs
2nd annual diabetes mine design challenge.
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In the spirit of design matters, check out the wonderful 2nd annual diabetes mine design challenge. It's this kind of activism and vision that can bring about real change. I imagine somebody out there in the world, putting pen to paper as we speak, designing something that wouldn't have been designed before, something that will make our lives better, thanks to this challenge. One person, one challenge, one solution can bring about so much progress and positive change. Much thanks to amy for leading the charge!
Let the designing begin! (Source: aiming for grace)
Source: aiming for grace - May 7, 2008 Category: Diabetes Authors: birdie loo Tags: design matters Source Type: blogs
Common gene variants linked to obesity
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Researchers have identified new genetic variants that influence the risk of obesity and insulin resistance, a precursor to diabetes, according to findings from two studies published online this week. (Source: In Diabetes Today - Diabetes News from ADA)
Source: In Diabetes Today - Diabetes News from ADA - May 7, 2008 Category: Diabetes Source Type: blogs
News flash: top orgs band together for new "national diabetes goal"
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At a briefing in Washington DC today, the American Diabetes Association announced a highly ambitious (or crazy?) new National Diabetes Goal: "By 2015, 45% of Americans who are at risk of getting diabetes will know their blood glucose level and... (Source: Diabetes Mine)
Source: Diabetes Mine - May 7, 2008 Category: Diabetes Authors: AmyT Tags: Scrutinizing the Diabetes News (Headlines) Source Type: blogs
Yet another drug study shows lowering ldl does not affect clogging of arteries
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The proposition that lowering LDL with drugs will protect you against developing clogged arteries just took another body blow.We already saw that lowering LDL with Zetia and Vytorin did not lead to any improvement in the thickening in artery walls, and may, in fact, have actually worsened it in the case of Vytorin.Now a 5 year study of fenofibrate, another drug that lowers LDL dramatically, has found the same thing. People who took it saw their LDL decline, but their arterial walls continued to thicken.You can read about the presentation that described this finding in a report on HERE It was published in Diabetes in Contro...
Source: Diabetes Update - May 7, 2008 Category: Diabetes Tags: drugs heart disease LDL statins fenofibrate Source Type: blogs
Need another new pump
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Will have to call Animas first thing tomorrow and get a replacement pump. The vibrator stopped working. I think the third one in a row. I used to be really attached to my pumps, but now i realize that they rotate out every few months.
<sigh> (Source: Living With Diabetes)
Source: Living With Diabetes - May 7, 2008 Category: Diabetes Source Type: blogs
Ten words = free stuff?
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My friend Karen Harrington, author of Janeology, is having a fun contest on her site. To celebrate her recent good review from the New Mystery Reader, she's giving away signed copies of her book. All you have to do is write a ten word story about a dysfunctional family. (One of the core elements of her book is a pretty extreme level of family dysfunction, I think it's safe to say.) Ten words, no more and no less.Win free copies of JANEOLOGYFor my own entry, I came up with this, about a 100% totally fictional family with whom I am not one bit associated and who should not call later to complain, because it's just a joke and...
Source: Schuyler's Monster: The Blog - May 7, 2008 Category: Diabetes Authors: Rob Source Type: blogs
Mosaic
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Schuyler's bling Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob It seems to me that there are a lot of little pieces of Schuyler that make up who she is, so many mosaic tiles that make up her picture. Some of them are tiny, others are large and dictate so much of the shape of her portrait. And most of all, they change, frequently, so much so that sometimes I struggle to keep up.Schuyler loves fairies now. Dragons are sort of old hat, but dinosaurs still have a place in her world, albeit not as central as before. Mermaids have also lost some of their appeal, although she still loves them and will claim to be one from time to time. And...
Source: Schuyler's Monster: The Blog - May 7, 2008 Category: Diabetes Authors: Rob Source Type: blogs
D.i.a.b.e.t.e.s.
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REASONS TO BE GLAD WE HAVE DIABETES*In a group hostage situation you can be sure you'll be among the first to be released, faster than you can jingle your MedicAlert bracelet and say "hey, does anyone have a drink? I'm feeling thirsty ..."*You can speak with some authority on the subject of diabetes - unlike say, the subject of the current up-to-date situation in the Middle East - and wow friends and family with statistics and lots of complex, polysyllabic words like "hypoglycemia."*Rort the system and use it to get out of tricky university exams.*When friends are arguing about where to go out to eat, you can say "I have t...
Source: diabetic princess - May 7, 2008 Category: Diabetes Authors: bethany Source Type: blogs
Insurance tips from the ada
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If you’ve read my most recent book (Diabetes: Sugar-coated Crisis), you know I’m not a big fan of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) when it comes to medical or dietary advice. I think that they’re too close to the drug companies and the food industry.
But the ADA does some wonderful things.... (Source: Diabetes Self-Management)
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - May 7, 2008 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Spero Source Type: blogs
Holy cow!
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Yesterday it dawned on me that I hadn't posted in three weeks.
Yikers!
What the heck's goin' on over here?
Well, the short answer is:
We've been outside.
The slightly longer answer...
I've been mulching and tending to my garden; Joseph started baseball-- and is again a pitching monster; Evan learned how to pump her legs and swing (a moment of pure joy, by the way), and we've been playing a (Source: A Shot in the Dark)
Source: A Shot in the Dark - May 7, 2008 Category: Diabetes Authors: Sandra Miller Source Type: blogs
My pepere
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I don't think I'm ready to actually create a post about this yet. My pepere died on Saturday morning, ending his battle with Alzheimer's Disease.
Louis
Louis 1923 - 2008 - Louis, 85, a sixty two year resident, died on Saturday, May 3 in a local nursing home. He was born in Lawrence, MA on January 22, 1923. He retired after forty years of service as a press operator from the former (Source: My Slice of Life)
Source: My Slice of Life - May 7, 2008 Category: Diabetes Authors: floreksa Source Type: blogs
Pain
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Today I am in a lot of pain. My teeth do not like me. I guess I should of brushed them more regularly than what I did. I hope to have the tooth pulled Friday. It could all happen prior to my surgery on Wednesday. Fear not it is a minor outpatient procedure removing a few growths. I'll just be mesurable for a couple of days after the fact. Enough for now. May the blessed Mother pray for us all. (Source: rebusrms: Twisted and Sane)
Source: rebusrms: Twisted and Sane - May 7, 2008 Category: Diabetes Authors: rebusrms Source Type: blogs
American diabetes association applauds u.s. senators for fighting diabetes in minority communities
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 6, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Senator Lautenberg and Senator Isakson introduce Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Act of 2008 (DPAC) . (Source: In Diabetes Today - Diabetes News from ADA)
Source: In Diabetes Today - Diabetes News from ADA - May 6, 2008 Category: Diabetes Source Type: blogs
Scientists find something good about a big bottom
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - A type of fat that accumulates around the hips and bottom may actually offer some protection against diabetes, U.S. (Source: In Diabetes Today - Diabetes News from ADA)
Source: In Diabetes Today - Diabetes News from ADA - May 6, 2008 Category: Diabetes Source Type: blogs
Invisible macy's parade.
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With the wedding just around the damn corner and our brains turning to oatmeal with every day that passes, silliness is reigning supreme in the Morrone - Sparling household. I present ... Exhibit A: Invisible Macy's Parade.This is what happens when two highly-motivated, busy, and slightly stressed people are left alone on a Saturday morning with Siah and a camera. This picture made me laugh so hard that I couldn't catch my breath. Something about Abby sitting there, staring up from the background and looking so small as Massive Siah leapt from the chair and assaulted the foreground.But ... she looke...
Source: Six Until Me. - May 6, 2008 Category: Diabetes Tags: LOL Source Type: blogs
Filling your glass
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A lot of people write to me explaining how they sometimes feel so blindingly angry about having diabetes. They're just pissed off, and I can't blame them. Living with this thing is inconvenient and aggravating, to say the very least.... (Source: Diabetes Mine)
Source: Diabetes Mine - May 6, 2008 Category: Diabetes Authors: AmyT Tags: Essential Diabetes Source Type: blogs
Just imagine
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It was Riley's bedtime. He was getting ready to brush his teeth. I had fixed a bowl of ice cream to eat after he went to bed. He asked for a bite of ice cream (chocolate chip cookie dough; it was delicious). Anyway, I gave him a small bite and his eyes lit up."Yummmmm!! That is so good!! Wouldn't it be great if I didn't have diabetes and I could eat all of that I want?""Yes, it would, " I said as I held back my tears.Then he smiled, made a sweeping hand gesture, and said, "Just imagine. If I didn't have diabetes then I could go out and play and run all I wanted and never have to worry about my sugar going low." Blinking ba...
Source: My son has diabetes - May 6, 2008 Category: Diabetes Source Type: blogs
Reporting bias – insulin pumping in kids
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We were disappointed with some of the headlines associated with a story on insulin pump use in teens that came out yesterday. The story was on an FDA review published in the journal, Pediatrics, on the risks of insulin pump use over 10 years (1996-2005) that found “13 deaths and more than 1500 injuries connected with pumps.” These were attributed both to device malfunctions as well as human judgment error.
What the AP did:
• Wrote an article on the top-line data from the study
• Described insulin pumps
• Distinguished between type 1 and type 2 diabetes
• Quoted Dr. John Buse (president of the A...
Source: Close Concerns Weblog - May 6, 2008 Category: Diabetes Authors: Kelly Close Source Type: blogs
What could i possibly add to this?
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(via Gawker) (Source: Schuyler's Monster: The Blog)
Source: Schuyler's Monster: The Blog - May 6, 2008 Category: Diabetes Authors: Rob Source Type: blogs
Remember me, part 1
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This is military appreciation month.. go here for ideas on how you can show support. Some of us fight battles within ourselves, and some of us fight the external battles-its a good thing everyone doesn't have diabetes.(not sure which is more difficult, but I rather suspect the diabetes wars are) I wonder if people in other countries(like Israel, where military service is mandatory) who have type 1 can be in the military. Anyway,I am grateful for their sacrifices..and just wish that so many of them didn't have to pay the ultimate sacrifice.(that doesn't make me bitter about current administrations though)Freedom isn't free,...
Source: The D-Log Cabin - May 6, 2008 Category: Diabetes Authors: type1emt Source Type: blogs
Fishing for freedom from harassment
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My entertainment these days comes in small batches. On January 29 ("Some Days Are for the Birds"), I wrote about two cats that had adopted us. In my post, I declared that they would never go outside. At least one of them said "Ha! Watch this!"... (Source: Diabetes Self-Management)
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - May 6, 2008 Category: Diabetes Authors: Jan Chait Source Type: blogs
Changing diabetes® bus and village world tour
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What: Changing Diabetes® Bus and Village World Tour
When: Friday, June 6th- Sunday, June 8th 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Where: Pier 39 East Park, San Francisco, CA 94133
This event is FREE. Novo Nordisk's Changing Diabetes® Bus and Village World Tour is three-day event that features a mobile diabetes showroom and interactive diabetes village offering free diabetes education, activities and giveaways to area residents.
ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" champion Drew Lachey will host the official ceremony on Saturday, June 7th at 11 a.m., along with local celebrity and fitness guru Joanie Greggains.
Visitors can tak...
Source: Daily Diabetic - May 5, 2008 Category: Diabetes Tags: Education Source Type: blogs
Mandatory registries for diabetes patients aren't worthwhile
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In 2005, I wrote about the blatant invasion of privacy of with patients with diabetes' health records happening in New York City. Yours truly represented (see p. 49) the interests of people with diabetes at the 2005 public hearing on what was then a proposed registry, and I have remained outspoken on this issue. But thanks to a complete lack of representation from the representatives at the American Diabetes Association, and the American Civil Liberties Union who were handling the case until internal turmoil at the ACLU New York chapter resulted in a resignation of the woman handling the case, there has been little challen...
Source: Scott's Web Log - May 5, 2008 Category: Diabetes Tags: A1C NYC NYC Hemoglobin A1C Registry 2008 Source Type: blogs
