MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'diabetes blogs'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:49:19 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3831523&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2F4ehyi92SqA0%2Fnew-sites-added-to-the-diabetes-search-engine.php Some years ago I created the Diabetes Search Engine to help me search for information on good diabetes sites. If you've used Google to find out things related to diabetes, you've probably found questionable, or plain bad, site that are allegedly about diabetes. Without visiting a site, it's hard to tell what's really there. This search engine is created using a Google facility called custom search engines. And since starting, I've looked at thousands of sites before adding them to the list that's used by the Diabetes Search Engine. Recently some of us from the Diabetes Advocates group were talking about letting folks know about new diabetes sites. As I'm already adding new sites I come across each week, I'm going to post regularly about new sites I come across. Here's a list of sites that ... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3831523 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 23:31:17 +0100 3831523 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3564147&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F05%2Fdiabetes-blog-week-move-it-move-it.html Today’s topic for Diabetes Blog Week: Let’s get moving. “Exercise . . . love it or hate it? Do you have a regular exercise routine? Or do you have trouble finding your exercise motivation? How do you manage your insulin and food to avoid bottoming out during your workout?” I’m extremely [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3564147 Fri, 14 May 2010 13:00:26 +0100 3564147 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3560420&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F05%2Fdiabetes-rationing-my-carb-bucks.html Today’s topic for Diabetes Blog Week: To Carb or Not to Carb. “Let’s talk about what we eat. And perhaps what we don’t eat. Some believe a low-carb diet is important in diabetes management, while others believe carbs are fine as long as they are counted and bolused for. Which [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3560420 Thu, 13 May 2010 13:00:03 +0100 3560420 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3556297&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F05%2Fdiabetes-blog-week-my-biggest-supporters.html Karen over at Bitter-Sweet blog has proclaimed this “Diabetes Blog Week.” For those who haven’t run into it yet, the idea is that the hundreds of us now blogging about diabetes participate in sort of an online rally.  With seven pre-defined topics to post about, we all “get a variety of unique insights on a [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3556297 Wed, 12 May 2010 13:00:48 +0100 3556297 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3549503&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F05%2Famerican-idol-contestant-crystal-bowersox-%25e2%2580%2594-doing-her-thing-with-the-betes.html Like Jessica over at A Sweet Life, I have to say that Crystal Bowersox is hands-down my favorite American Idol contest this year, and not just because she has diabetes.  She’s just cool. She wears dreadlocks, and plays guitar. People call her “Mama Sox” because she has a one-year-old son. (They call her “Mama” and [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3549503 Mon, 10 May 2010 11:00:24 +0100 3549503 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3519643&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F04%2F2010-diabetesmine-design-challenge-closing-for-entries-tonight.html The 2010 DiabetesMine Design Challenge closes for entries at midnight tonight!  What? You didn’t expect me to post about anything else today, did you? I’m afraid I can’t really think about anything else right about now.  Too excited to see what happens when the clock strikes twelve… So at the risk of sounding repetitive — in [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3519643 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:00:52 +0100 3519643 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3505084&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fdiabetesmine-design-challenge-enter-by-this-friday.html There are exactly five days left to enter the 2010 DiabetesMine Design Challenge, the web’s premiere open innovation competition to improve life with diabetes (nice tagline, ay? I just made that up) We’ve already received several-dozen entries this year, and garnered some great media coverage too, including: The Huffington Post (thank you, Riva!) Diabetes Forecast magazine – online [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3505084 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:00:05 +0100 3505084 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3487307&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fbalancing-pregnancy-with-diabetes-the-book-the-interview.html Cheryl Alkon, journalist and D-blogger at Managing the Sweetness Within (pictured right) has written the book that many a would-be-mom with diabetes has been waiting for: an ‘insider’s guide’ to having a baby with this illness. Titled Balancing Pregnancy with Pre-existing Diabetes, it covers the whole pregnancy experience, from the months before you begin trying [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3487307 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:00:15 +0100 3487307 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3471991&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fdesign-challenge-outlook-from-the-original-diabetes-entrepreneur.html Robert Oringer is currently Co-Chairman and Board Director of AMG Medical Inc. in Canada, which distributes professional and home healthcare products. But he’s also the man who pioneered private-label diabetes products in the US, including syringes, glucose products, and testing supplies. One might call Robert a serial diabetes entrepreneur — and at least as importantly, father [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3471991 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:00:38 +0100 3471991 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3460348&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fmetformin-vs-symlin-for-type-1-diabetes-whatever-works.html Not long ago, I reported here on the possible benefits of Metformin for people with type 1 diabetes. It is of course an oral medication traditionally aimed at type 2 diabetics who are not on insulin.  Today, we revisit that issue with a real live test case — my friend and colleague Allison Blass, who’s [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3460348 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:00:19 +0100 3460348 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3449079&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fdesign-challenge-and-now-a-word-from-our-sponsor.html Actually, we have Veenu Aulakh to thank for putting the DiabetesMine Design Challenge on the map. She heard me give a keynote speech at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Project HealthDesign event a few years ago, calling for more patient involved in medical device design, and it seems that a light bulb went on: the [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3449079 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:00:41 +0100 3449079 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3433111&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fsmall-but-mighty-mycareconnect-com.html It’s about time for another edition of our Small But Mighty series, profiling the many individual organizations out there powered by people passionate about helping PWDs. Today, we take a look at one such company addressing the complicated and stressful task of raising a child with diabetes… Most kids are gone from the house a [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3433111 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:00:31 +0100 3433111 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3429380&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fnew-top-10-super-diabetes-links.html After at least 20 minutes of research, here they are, in Letterman-style countdown order: 10. High Fat Diets Make Us Lazy & Stupid (Really? Us? Or just the rats?) 9. dLife: People are Stupid (a little dated, but still relevant?) 8. Eureka! It’s the Soda’s Fault 7. Ultra Diabetes on Wikipedia (sort of – eat your heart out, [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3429380 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:00:34 +0100 3429380 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3425066&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fdesign-challenge-medgadget-editor-talks-medical-innovations.html Russian-born Michael Ostrovsky is a board certified anesthesiologist, practicing cardiac anesthesia here in the San Francisco Bay Area. He’s one of the few MDs who’s not only extremely web-savvy, but is actually part of the Health 2.0 and Social Media movement as co-founder of Medgadget.com, sort of the “Engadget” of the medical technology world. Lucky [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3425066 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:00:23 +0100 3425066 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3416238&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fdiabetes-support-or-suspicion-aka-dont-question-my-insulin-dosing-as-long-as-im-healthy.html Everyone lives with — and copes with — diabetes in their own unique way. But some of us are more unique than others? No, that’s not the point. Today, a perspective from yet another kindred spirit, Hannah McDonald, a self-proclaimed nerd who lives in Pennsylvania and has been blogging about the Big D since 2008: A Guest [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3416238 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:00:50 +0100 3416238 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3404079&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fdesign-challenge-a-chat-with-our-professor-of-health-design.html Peter Jones may have a common name, but he’s a rare animal. He’s one of the few academic design experts focusing specifically on the user experience in healthcare. And we are delighted to welcome him this year as one of our expert judges for the 2010 DiabetesMine Design Challenge! FYI, Peter has a PhD in Design [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3404079 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:00:16 +0100 3404079 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378678&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fdesign-challenge-insights-from-last-years-big-winner.html I proudly present Samantha Katz as Exhibit A: the graduate student from Northwestern University who (along with project partner Erik Schickli) won last year’s DiabetesMine Design Challenge Grand Prize, and was subsequently hired by Medtronic Diabetes to help design their next-generation insulin pumps. (See yesterday’s big Medtronic announcement.) Samantha is living proof that “crowdsourcing” exercises [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378678 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:00:03 +0100 3378678 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3370607&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fclarifying-lada-type-1-diabetes-in-adults.html When I met fellow D-writer Catherine Price for coffee recently, I immediately gushed about everything we had in common: two brunette journalist-types living in the SF Bay Area, both diagnosed a few years ago with LADA (or so I thought). Catherine gave me a sideways look, and then began grilling me about the formal definition [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3370607 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:00:36 +0100 3370607 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3354518&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fdesign-challenge-a-word-with-our-cde-judge-gary-scheiner.html As you all hopefully know, the 2010 DiabetesMine Design Challenge is ON. We opened for entries last Monday. I’m excited about community voting this year (y’all get to choose the competition finalists). I’m equally delighted to have such a wonderful panel of expert judges whose role will be to determine the winners from your list of [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3354518 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:00:05 +0100 3354518 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3322569&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F03%2F2010-design-challenge-get-your-posters-here.html More on the 2010 DiabetesMine Design Challenge today —in part because I can’t think about much else this week I almost forgot to mention the beautiful and very official contest fliers/posters we’ve prepared. They’re available for downloading and distributing in PDF format here, as you like. For interested universities and other organizations – we can [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3322569 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:00:05 +0100 3322569 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3318604&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fannouncing-the-2010-diabetesmine-design-challenge-open-for-entries-now.html After months of preparation, today I am indescribably excited and proud to kick off the 2010 DiabetesMine™ Design Challenge, an online competition to encourage creative new tools for improving life with diabetes! You know the drill: Do you have an idea for an innovative new diabetes device or web application? This is your chance to win [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3318604 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:00:24 +0100 3318604 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3311877&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fjdrfs-new-adults-with-type-1-toolkit-a-good-start.html One of the common criticisms of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation is its overwhelming emphasis on children and parents of children with diabetes — with little to no recognition that kids with diabetes, well… grow up. Or that ever-growing numbers of us are being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes as adults. God knows I’ve been [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3311877 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:00:58 +0100 3311877 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3280148&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fcalling-all-grassroots-diabetes-advocates-unite-to-get-noticed.html If you run a diabetes blog, web site, or small organization doing some kind of diabetes advocacy work, you will want to know about this: a new ‘Diabetes Advocates Program’ that can help you and your work get noticed. Basically, TuDiabetes founder Manny Hernandez and David Edelman of DiabetesDaily put on their thinking caps after last [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3280148 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:00:11 +0100 3280148 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3254644&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fweight-diet-and-writing-things-down-is-this-what-you-call-health-2-0.html There is a VERY interesting discussion going on over at the e-Patients.net blog about what the heck “Health 2.0″ actually means, and whether it can really help people. I’ve spoken and written a lot on Health 2.0 myself, and when people ask me what the term means, I usually give them this simple two-part explanation: 1) Health [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3254644 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:00:22 +0100 3254644 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3220694&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fin-memoriam.html Earlier this week, I got word that a woman who called herself “Goddess” online has passed away. She had over 6,000 friends on the DiabeticConnect community site. To be honest, I didn’t know much about her other than the tips and questions she posted very regularly.  Still, it’s the oddest (and saddest) sensation when any [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3220694 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:00:57 +0100 3220694 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3197831&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fstupid-diabetes-winners-announced.html I asked for some input on what a new diabetes web site could offer, and I got it – Thank You! Ahem… ask a silly question, get a silly answer, right? I mean it should have been obvious that the No. 1 thing that fits under the heading “StupidDiabetes.com” is humor! The general consensus seems [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3197831 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:00:58 +0100 3197831 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3193952&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F01%2F10-d-things-to-do-this-year.html Over at HealthCentral Network, the theme for 2010 is “This Year, I Get My Condition Under Control.”  For January, the bloggers are focused on “Pairs of Tens for Your Condition,” as in 10 Things You Should Know, 10 Myths Busted, etc., etc. For my part, I’m taking on “10 Things I’ll Do This Year.”  To make [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3193952 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:00:47 +0100 3193952 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3182326&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fwin-a-copy-of-diabetes-rising.html A little diabetes online fun for your Monday: Use your Noggin and three lucky readers will win a free copy of Dan Hurley’s new “epic” book, “Diabetes Rising.” First off, you may have heard a lot of buzz about this book lately. The full title is, “Diabetes Rising: How a Rare Disease Became a Modern Pandemic, [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3182326 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:00:13 +0100 3182326 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3153576&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fgearing-up-for-the-2010-diabetesmine-design-challenge.html I’m very excited to announce that we’re currently in the early stages of preparing for the 2010 DiabetesMine Design Challenge. Look, we’ve even updated the logo: For those of you not familiar with it, this is an annual innovation competition to encourage creative new tools for improving life with diabetes. The contest is generously sponsored by [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3153576 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:00:18 +0100 3153576 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3129638&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fmeeting-act1.html If you’re like me — or even if you don’t spend quite as much time browsing “all things diabetes” in cyberspace — you might have noticed that the incredible proliferation of new D-blogs and online communities is making it seemingly impossible to keep up. Which is actually a wonderful thing, I suppose. Quite by accident, in [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3129638 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:00:17 +0100 3129638 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3124669&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fthis-year-at-diabetesmine-2009.html Once again it’s time to reflect on what marked the year here at DiabetesMine.com.  2009 was surely eventful, both for this blog and for me personally.  Never a dull a moment when you’re a busy D-blogger, Health 2.0 advocate, and mother of three, I guess.  Here’s a list of some key milestones that stand out [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3124669 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:57:06 +0100 3124669 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3108510&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fannouncing-the-2009-holiday-survival-story-winners.html Happy Mid-Holiday Season, Dear Readers.  We had a modest turnout for the DiabetesMine Holiday Survival Stories Contest this year, which wasn’t such a bad thing, as it turns out; we judges still had a hard time choosing winners. In the end, we tried to focus on situations that “typify” what we PWDs tend to go through [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3108510 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:00:18 +0100 3108510 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3075714&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fthe-fda-and-social-media.html Many of you know that the FDA held public hearings on the pharma industry’s use of Social Media mid-last-month.  There was much excitement going into this because to date, the FDA has pretty much dodged the subject, and left drugmakers in fear of retribution (see BusinessWeek’s summary here). Essentially, since there are no clear rules laid [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3075714 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:00:02 +0100 3075714 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3056823&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fits-the-holidays-lets-commiserate.html What? Nobody made annoying comments about your having pie at Thanksgiving last week? I find that hard to believe… I’m just sure that all of us with diabetes have some Holiday Season stories to share (good, bad, and ugly).  You have exactly one more week now to enter the DiabetesMine Holiday Survival Sweepstakes — share your [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3056823 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:56:03 +0100 3056823 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2993900&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fninjabetic.squarespace.com%2Fstorage%2Fsugasheen%2Fallthediabetics-final.mp3 How are you celebrating World Diabetes Day this year? I’m heading out to San Francisco to see the historic Ferry Building lit up in blue, thanks to my great blogging and awesome advocate friends Manny Hernandez and Kelly Close. I hope to also grab a drink with dLife TV co-host Jim Turner. I love that WDD [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2993900 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:15:16 +0100 2993900 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2977498&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F11%2Ffamous-diabetes-friends-on-heart-health-vlogs.html Ooh, lucky me. I ran into two of my diabetes heroes at the Diabetes Technology Society Meeting late last week. More soon on the new developments I heard about there.  But for today, please enjoy these video testimonials on diabetes & heart health. First, from Francine Kaufman, MD, a world-renown pediatric endocrinologist at USC, former ADA president, [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2977498 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:00:08 +0100 2977498 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2974143&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F11%2Ffirst-keas-diabetesmine-health-plan-goes-live1-on-d-blog-day.html Today, I’ve got butterflies in my stomach, which usually only happens when I sit in the back seat of a moving vehicle. That’s not because it’s D-Blog day today, either, although I want to start out by sending lots of love to all my fellow diabetes bloggers, and you wonderful people who read our [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2974143 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:32:42 +0100 2974143 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2950938&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fcountdown-to-world-diabetes-day-get-ready-for-the-big-blue-test.html Hope you all had a fun Halloween weekend. Somehow the conclusion of that sugar-fest seems a great segue into National Diabetes Awareness Month, no? And the countdown begins to World Diabetes Day on Nov. 14, 2009. Where to begin describing all the activities planned around the web and around the world to “bring diabetes [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2950938 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:22:23 +0100 2950938 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2931217&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F10%2Ftalking-to-pharma-online-and-offline.html There are so many great events around empowered patients and consumer-driven healthcare in the Fall. It also being soccer season, the kickoff of the school year, and time for nearly every existing Jewish holiday, I can’t possibly attend as many as I’d like to.  This makes me especially thankful to have some good D-blogger [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2931217 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:56:24 +0100 2931217 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2912397&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fjournal-of-participatory-medicine-launches-today.html Academic and medical journals — yawn, right?  Not anymore. Today (at the Connected Health conference in Boston) marks the launch of a new kind of journal, which is marking a new kind of medicine, actually: the Journal of Participatory Medicine, an all-online pub that’s open and free-of-charge for all to read and enjoy. The content, which [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2912397 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:58:46 +0100 2912397 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2908835&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fmy-first-vlog-from-the-heart.html I was tempted to call this post, “I’m better in writing.” I really don’t like seeing myself on film. But I know, it’s time to get with the program. That, and the American Heart Association provided the members of its Heart of Diabetes Connected Council group with free Flip video recorders - pretty cool! See Scott Johnson’s [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2908835 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:00:17 +0100 2908835 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2905061&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fwhy-data-logging-is-not-the-holy-grail.html Some people were surprised recently to hear me say that tools for logging glucose are “not the Holy Grail of online diabetes tools.”  I stand by that assertion, and I’m going to tell you why. There are an ever-increasing number of PC and phone-based programs that allow diabetics to log and share their BG data. While [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2905061 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:18:06 +0100 2905061 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2894709&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fyoung-heart-attack-victim-inspires-charlie-kimball.html Most of us have, at some point in our lives, an ‘aha’ moment in which our health springs forward from the far, far back burner and suddenly sits at the top of the priority list. For Brian Harris, the moment for him was a sudden heart attack at the age of 33. After waking up [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2894709 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:05:21 +0100 2894709 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2865867&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fcoming-soon-the-diabetesmine-keas-health-account-plan.html What’s that you say? What the heck is a “Health Account Plan?” I am pleased to announce that this week, at the Health 2.0 Conference in San Francisco, I’ll be part of the launch of a brand new kind of online platform called Keas — featured in the New York Times today (!) As many [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2865867 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:00:31 +0100 2865867 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2862689&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fthe-ultimate-diabetes-resource-a-touchy-feely-diabetes-video-contest.html The diabetes online community has long been in agreement about one thing, I believe: the need for a centralized web directory of all imaginable diabetes resources, so that patients and doctors would only have to remember a single URL to find all the good stuff online. And now it has arrived, thanks to Gina Capone, [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2862689 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:00:57 +0100 2862689 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2855781&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fwhere-are-they-now-log-for-life-winners-of-the-diabetesmine-design-challenge.html Last year, the DiabetesMine Design Challenge was just getting off the ground but we had some amazing contributions! The winner of the Grand Prize was Ethan Mullis, a 25-year-old graphic and UI designer at Gnoso Inc. who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in eighth grade. His submission was Log for Life, “an online logbook [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2855781 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:00:46 +0100 2855781 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2839129&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fhow-to-be-a-good-endo-from-a-patient%25e2%2580%2599s-pov.html Scott Johnson is one of my favorite fellow diabetes bloggers. Always has been. This post will show you why.   A Guest Post by Scott K. Johnson, of Scott’s Diabetes Journal Amy’s guest post from Dr. Anne Peters last Thursday on “How to be a Good Diabetes Patient” sure ruffled some feathers.  I wanted to take [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2839129 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:00:25 +0100 2839129 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2824376&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fwayback-wednesday-greetings-diabetic-celiacs.html It’s been three years since I posted anything detailed about living with gluten intolerance. Yes, it still plagues me. It makes everything complicated. I hate it. I know plenty of others out there feel the same. In case you missed this three years ago, please read: Greetings, Diabetic Celiacs Somehow the word has spread accross the [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2824376 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:00:51 +0100 2824376 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2772677&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F09%2Ffeeling-fine-on-labor-day-and-some-d-links.html It’s been a good weekend so far. Sun. Friends. Time off from this box I sit in front of far too much. With that in mind, I wish you all:     Honestly, I can’t think of any group of people who need or deserve a day off more than us chronically ill types. Speaking of working hard, [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2772677 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:00:27 +0100 2772677 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2741560&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fdiabetes-summer-2009.html September is nearly upon us (ugh…), and I for one am already eyeball-deep in work mode again. As I pack up my swimsuits, and prepare to start wearing my OmniPod on my now-hidden upper arms again (pending any late summer heat waves),  I reflect on what went on in the diabetes world this summer, much [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2741560 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:00:59 +0100 2741560 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2695575&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F08%2Ftriathlon-season-arrived-diabetes-never-left%25e2%2580%25a6.html * Part 3 of a three-part guest series on Diabetes & Exercise* Diagnosed with Type 1 nine years ago, David Weingard has committed himself to “navigating the challenges of this condition for my health and for the benefit of my family.” He’s a veteran of numerous running events and triathlons (including the infamous Ironman). He’s [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2695575 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:00:52 +0100 2695575 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2667643&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fhow-to-get-pregnant-with-type-1-diabetes-all-the-lifestyle-tips.html Who recognizes the name Lyrehca from the blog Managing the Sweetness Within, chronicling one woman’s efforts to get and stay pregnant while dealing with her lifelong type 1 diabetes?  Yes, you guessed it: Lyrehca is coming out of the closet as herself, Cheryl Alkon, now-author of the forthcoming book Balancing Pregnancy With Pre-Existing Diabetes: Healthy [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2667643 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:00:05 +0100 2667643 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2660919&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F07%2Fwhat-a-new-era-of-pharma-marketing-means-to-diabetes-patients.html As you may have noticed, I’m fascinated with where new Web-enabled communication tools are taking us in the world of medicine in healthcare. I’m also a huge admirer of the work of the outspoken and sage John Mack, publisher of Pharma Marketing News and author of the Pharma Marketing Blog.  I was therefore delighted when [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2660919 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:48:34 +0100 2660919 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2649239&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F07%2Fpatient-bloggers-at-blogher-09.html Last week, d-bloggers hit social media scene in two ways. First, there was the Roche Diabetes Social Media Summit in Indianapolis… and immediately following that, patient-bloggers took on BlogHer ‘09 in Chicago! Kerri Morrone Sparling, author of Six Until Me, was a panelist on the BlogHer panel for patient-bloggers and Lee Ann Thill, from the [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2649239 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:20:01 +0100 2649239 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2645512&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F07%2Fsummer-reading-2009.html You knew it was coming, and now is the time, Folks: launch of the 2009 Summer Reading Guest Post Series here at the ‘Mine. I’ll be traveling most of the next four weeks, first domestically, and then in Germany and Holland. And what will be happening here at the blog? Even more informative fun than last [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2645512 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:51:27 +0100 2645512 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2637973&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F07%2Fd-blogger-summit-debrief.html It’s difficult to describe the feeling of being physically in the same room with 30 people with whom you have a longstanding online intimacy, seeing their faces and hearing their voices in the flesh.  With the likes of David Mendosa, Jeff Hitchcock, Manny Hernandez, Scott King, Kerri Sparling, Fran Carpentier, and a whole mess of [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2637973 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:52:51 +0100 2637973 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2626226&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F07%2Fpharma-on-twitter-and-other-social-media-the-epatients-dilemma.html As the Diabetes Social Media Summit hosted by Roche approaches, I’ve been thinking and reading a lot about the question of Pharma engagement here.  Is Social Media destined to be just another forum for them to push marketing mantras and build brands?  Or can there really be valuable two-way interaction between the chronically drug-dependent (us [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2626226 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:08:35 +0100 2626226 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2591663&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F07%2Fim-fine-if-you-dont-want-the-details.html I realized with a bit of shock that the anniversary of my diagnosis came and went this year without notice. Here it is July already, and it just dawned on me that on May 21, I hit six years with this exasperating illness.  I suppose it’s a good thing that that day no longer knocks [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2591663 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:00:29 +0100 2591663 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2523623&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F06%2Four-online-healthdiabetes-toolbox-overfloweth.html Time again for an update on some of the myriad new online health tools that may actually add value to a PWD’s life: Need some help understanding and/or reducing the costs of your diabetes? Try this Diabetes Cost Calculator. It helps you break down what you’re spending on your diabetes now, and even offers tips [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2523623 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:00:56 +0100 2523623 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2453046&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F06%2Foff-to-adas-annual-meeting-in-new-orleans.html Today kicks off the American Diabetes Association’s 2009 annual conference, this year in balmy New Orleans.  I won’t be responding to emails today, because on I’m underway! It’s actually a nostalgic day for me, because my decision to attend the ADA conference taking place in San Diego four years ago was a milestone — being there amongst [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2453046 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:00:41 +0100 2453046 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2415698&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fannouncing-our-winners-the-2009-diabetesmine-design-challenge.html A huge congratulations and thank you to all who participated in this open innovation contest! This is truly “crowdsourcing” at its best — asking the community for its brightest ideas on how to improve life with diabetes. At final toll, we received over 150 entries from participants describing themselves as: Students – in Design, Industrial [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2415698 Mon, 18 May 2009 16:36:12 +0100 2415698 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405953&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fblogging-about-our-doctors.html 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 [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405953 Tue, 12 May 2009 13:00:18 +0100 2405953 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2376622&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fhelping-roche-engage-with-the-diabetes-oc.html We bloggers and social network afficionados have been calling for the medical establishment to wake up and smell the Java, and recognize that we patients have a new place to congregate and a new communal voice on the web.  Why don’t they recognize us and engage with us, we ask? Well now I know that at [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2376622 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:12:13 +0100 2376622 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2354024&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fgrand-rounds-birthday-edition.html Welcome Guests! Thanks for joining me on this fine day for the Grand Rounds host Birthday Edition, Vol. 5, No. 31 — where the best of this week’s medical and health blogging comes to party. And now straight to the festivities, where you’ll find some delightful surprises in store:     SWEETS Birthday cake, anyone? Alison Finney, a fellow [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2354024 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:00:02 +0100 2354024 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349462&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fweb-based-get-healthy-contests.html I’ve been to a bunch of “Health 2.0″ events in which the question inevitably came up: does all this online stuff really have the potential to improve people’s health?  Well yes, was my response, because we don’t just use to it chat, but also to motivate each other and even create campaigns and contests for [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349462 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:00:16 +0100 2349462 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349463&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fdiabetes-blogginglife-balance.html My friend and periodic contributor Allison Blass is tired of blogging about diabetes.  She announced this last week, and she worries about keeping her readers’ interest as her blog “will start to look like a blog about Allison, who happens to have diabetes, rather than a blog about diabetes, which happens to be written by Allison.”  [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349463 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:11:42 +0100 2349463 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349464&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fgrand-rounds-coming-april-21-join-the-party.html Next week I’ll be hosting Grand Rounds here at DiabetesMine. That’s the weekly roundup of happenings in the medical and health blogosphere, now organized by Dr. Val and team over at GetBetterHealth. As it happens, next Tuesday April 21 is my birthday (how did I get hoodwinked into this timing?)  So the theme was obvious: [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349464 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:30:07 +0100 2349464 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2297363&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fa-way-of-life.html This weekend I stumbled upon a European diabetes teens site with a tagline that stopped me in my tracks. Under the site header, the text reads: “We wish that people would understand that diabetes is more than an illness. It is a way of life.” What an awesome statement. This is exactly what I’ve been [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2297363 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:00:50 +0100 2297363 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2276540&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fthe-diabetes-wall-of-change.html Today, a quick heads-up on a rather original and fun approach to raising money for diabetes: make some D-art out of your loose change! The folks at Pump Wear Inc., the company that claims to have started the trend of cool, colorful insulin pump accessories and mini-packs for kids, have created a new fundraising initiative in [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2276540 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:00:12 +0100 2276540 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2267710&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fsevere-hypoglycemia-got-you-down-take-the-survey.html So sorry for the bad pun. Couldn’t help myself.  But this is serious stuff, actually.  A small company out of Washington state is working hard to gather some much-needed data on severe hypoglycemia, and how we can better prepare for it and treat it. Apparently there’s not a lot of great existing data on severe hypo [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2267710 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:00:18 +0100 2267710 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2260358&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fstem-cell-research-finally-unleased-follow-it-via-jdrfs-new-twitter.html As a person with Type 1 diabetes, whose life is all wrapped up in helping others with this incurable illness, it’s hard to express the relief and yes — joy — that I feel knowing that researchers hands will finally be untied by Obama today to freely explore the enormous possibilities of stem cell research! Fortunately [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2260358 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:52:40 +0100 2260358 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2232626&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fand-now-we-are-epharma-consumers.html In our emerging world of web-based health offerings and Net-informed patients, it looks like the name-game is still heating up.  Recently I sounded off about whether we should be referred to now as patients or consumers, and don’t forget the term “ePatients” — along with eHeath Consumers, Cybercitizens, etc., etc. Now Manhattan Research, a highly respected [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2232626 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:00:13 +0100 2232626 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2227202&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fannouncing-the-2009-diabetesmine%25e2%2584%25a2-design-challenge.html Welcome one and all! Today I’m excited and proud to announce the kickoff of the 2009 DiabetesMine™ Design Challenge, an online competition to encourage creative new tools for improving life with diabetes. Do you have an idea for an innovative new diabetes device or web application? This is your chance to win up to $10,000 [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2227202 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:55:35 +0100 2227202 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2222557&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F02%2Faad-syndrome-ambiguity-about-diabetes.html 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 [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2222557 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:00:24 +0100 2222557 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2222558&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F02%2Fusing-youtube-to-promote-insulin.html Following quickly on my post about Pharma companies warming up to social media, I got a call this week from some folks I know at Sanofi-Aventis. They are launching their very own YouTube channel to promote their Go-Insulin campaign aimed at offsetting the myths and misperceptions about insulin use among type 2 diabetics. So far, [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2222558 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:00:25 +0100 2222558 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2222560&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F02%2Fdiabetes-makeover-contest-and-the-winners-are.html Wow, and I thought picking winners for our Holiday Sweepstakes diabetes wisdom contest was difficult!  But for the NEW YEAR, NEW YOU Diabetes Makeover competition, what we ended up judging were people’s life stories — their hard luck and their struggles with diabetes and related health conditions.   How do you place comparative value on that?! Everyone [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2222560 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:00:24 +0100 2222560 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1955248&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fcomments-are-back-up.html ** NEWSFLASH: COMMENTS ARE FINALLY RE-ENABLED ** Sincere apologies for the interruption in service for the last few days.  I was getting ready to fire-bomb Dreamhost, which for some inexplicable reason decided to disable my comments database.  But it seems we are now back in the business of interactive publishing, so feel free to comment away! Regards, The [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1955248 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:37:10 +0100 1955248 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1947174&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fd-blog-day-2008-a-whole-new-world.html The diabetes online community has come a darn long way in just a few short years.  Today, Nov. 9, was dubbed the official “Annual Diabetes Blog Day” by Gina Capone of the Talkfest back in the “early days” of 2005. I can’t believe it’s been three whole years since I asked readers to “Talk to [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1947174 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 11:00:27 +0100 1947174 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1920972&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fwhy-google-wont-doodle-diabetes.html 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 [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1920972 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:49:42 +0100 1920972 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1911360&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fbrief-notes-healthy-skepticism.html 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 [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1911360 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:01:29 +0100 1911360 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1876035&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fmicrosoft-healthvault-coke-pepsi-or-intel-inside.html When Microsoft launched its HealthVault application last year — the first major commercial Personal Health Record (PHR) system on the open web — the Wall Street Journal reported that “Consumers are just not that excited about these services.”  A year later, I’m wondering: have they given us reason to be more excited now?  Last week, [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1876035 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:00:10 +0100 1876035 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1876141&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2F419856424%2Fthe-diabetes-oc-is-back-in-business.php Gina Capone has acquired the directory of blogs lovingly known as the Diabetes OC. If you have a blog and are not listed, stop by and submit it. Gina, we look forward to regular updates!... (Source: Diabetes Daily) Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1876141 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:17:05 +0100 1876141 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1876037&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fseo-secrets-revealed.html Actually I don’t know the first thing about manipulating SEO.  Sure wish I did.  But I thought it would be fun to go Kerri’s route (and David’s) today and take a look at the top 10 ways people have found their way to DiabetesMine recently.  According to my stats tracker, the most common search terms [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1876037 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:15:48 +0100 1876037 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1876040&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fgoogle-health-is-it-good-for-you.html Slowly but surely, using the Internet for your health needs is becoming as mainstream as shopping on the web: no longer futuristic, but is it for everyone?  And perhaps more importantly, are mainstream commercial health platforms from companies like Google and Microsoft really useful for people with specific chronic illnesses?  I thought it would be [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1876040 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:00:51 +0100 1876040 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1876044&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fyou-might-even-be-a-diabetic-rockstar.html Christopher Thomas, 28, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes just a year and a half ago.  He lost his job, moved to New York City, and started partying hard.  Too hard.  His friends began calling him “the diabetic rockstar” (sing along here). You won’t believe what he’s done with that moniker since. What started out as [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1876044 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:15:19 +0100 1876044 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1332493&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fdid-i-say-four.html Apparently I have been spreading a rumor that this blog has been in existence for four years. Actually, it dawned on me in the bathtub the other night that having launched in February 2005, last month would have marked the... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1332493 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:45:00 +0100 1332493 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1297777&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fjumping-in-with.html A little sneak-preview today of something I'm very excited about: for quite a while now, I've obviously been following all sorts of interactive "Health 2.0" sites for people with diabetes. On top of that, I've been mulling over how to... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1297777 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:45:00 +0100 1297777 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1283462&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fa-spring-view-o.html It’s a moving target, of course. The whole concept of “Health 2.0” is still being defined, refined, created and recreated. And it was fascinating to be at the epicenter of this creative storm this week in San Diego, at the... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1283462 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:45:00 +0100 1283462 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1280742&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fgrace-achieved.html Who knows Birdie? Who loves her like I do? Her blog, Aiming for Grace, always offers a combination of the most compelling images and simple words about living with diabetes that stop you in your tracks. It's the purity of... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1280742 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:45:00 +0100 1280742 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1277869&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fhealth-20-mad-1.html While I am busy at the Health 2.0 conference in San Diego today -- moderating and learning as much as I can about what the future of healthcare might bring -- I have a few related items I wanted to... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1277869 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:45:00 +0100 1277869 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1274854&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fhealth-20-made.html I'm very excited to report that today myself and a bunch of online health experts convene in San Diego, CA, for the "Spring Fling" version of last Fall's Health 2.0 Conference. As you can see, the focus of this round... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1274854 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:45:00 +0100 1274854 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1207352&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2008%2F02%2Fgrand-rounds-vo.html Happy Super Tuesday! Whether or not you live in one of the 24 states that cast their votes today, you probably agree that healthcare will be one of the major opportunities –- and major challenges -– for the next White... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1207352 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0100 1207352 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1198687&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2008%2F02%2Fa-site-for-us-d.html Speaking of the myriad new social networking sites popping up for us PWDs -- like 'em or not -- I just discovered a new place for women with diabetes to "get support, get motivated, and get informed," not to mention... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1198687 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:18:46 +0100 1198687 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1191371&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2008%2F01%2Fglucosurferorg.html So I noticed that some of you are only interested in Health 2.0 stuff if it's all-diabetes, all-the-time. OK, then. Here are two more new sites aimed directly at us PWDs: * WeAreDiabetic.org - yet another social support network for... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1191371 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:27:02 +0100 1191371 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1188597&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2008%2F01%2Fhealth-20-strik.html More new stuff on the web for us patient-types -- wow, there's a lot of them! * Last week over at Diabetes Daily, Elizabeth and David launched DailyHealth.net -- a new "health community covering chronic conditions, dieting, parenting, dating &... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1188597 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:00:00 +0100 1188597 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1188598&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2008%2F01%2Fgrand-rounds--.html Thanks to our fearless leader Nicholas Genes, Grand Rounds is going strong. That's the weekly roundup of what's happening in the medical blogosphere. I'll be hosting here next Tuesday, Feb. 5, with an emphasis on... you guessed it, Health 2.0.... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1188598 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:30:00 +0100 1188598 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1184686&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2008%2F01%2Fmy-turn-on-news.html Who says bloggers don't need mainstream media? Come on, what's cooler than being able to tell your story to a larger audience? Especially if your story is a "health triumph" like our day-to-day conquest over diabetes (most days :) What... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1184686 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:30:00 +0100 1184686 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1173159&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2008%2F01%2Fcongrats-and-th.html Not necessarily in that order... First, I'd like to extend a heartfelt thank-you for everyone's support in the MedGadget 2007 Medblog Awards contest, which closed out late Sunday night. It was an honor for DiabetesMine to be nominated in both... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1173159 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:08:28 +0100 1173159 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1156770&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2008%2F01%2Fnews-flash-plot.html This just in: HealthCentral.com (where I also appear) has just released an extremely cool new tool you can use to plot where you stand vis-a-vis the presidential candidates on healthcare issues, called Healthcare '08. Check it out! A simple quad... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1156770 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:19:14 +0100 1156770 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1108611&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2007%2F12%2Fsome-musings-on.html Along with the plethora of new health-related web tools and communities popping up like daisies at the moment are a ton of associated health-related widgets -- those little "icons" anyone can post on their sites, which house small applications providing... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1108611 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:45:00 +0100 1108611 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1100113&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2007%2F12%2Fweb-tools-for-t.html Something else to share with you while I'm tip-toeing around the topic of "getting old": When my brother and I were both in college, and our poor Mom was running herself ragged taking care of her aging parents while working... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1100113 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:45:00 +0100 1100113 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1090454&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2007%2F12%2Faarp-asked-me-t.html Because AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) is cooler than you think. Or at least, that's what their new blogger Jill Greenberg claims. I have no idea how old Jill is, but in my head, I ran screaming from her... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1090454 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:45:00 +0100 1090454 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1072375&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2007%2F12%2Fa-cornucopia-of.html There are so many new and colorfully wrapped health/patient web sites popping up all over the Net that I'm feeling positively showered. It's almost like Christmas! (or a very bountiful Hanukkah, depending on your perspective, of course ;) I'm going... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1072375 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:11:10 +0100 1072375 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1007258&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2007%2F11%2Fnablopomo-a-giv.html A few indispensable updates: * I haven't said much about NaBloPoMo, but am quietly applauding everyone involved! What a coinkidink actually that November is BOTH National Diabetes Awareness Month and National Blog Posting Month, in which all good bloggers are... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1007258 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:30:00 +0100 1007258 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=896042&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2007%2F09%2Flook-whos-blogg.html Two new blogs you'll want to know about: * The American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) has launched a blog (!) at its new Side by Side website. The co-authors are three bubbly CDEs: Barbara Walz, from San Antonio, Texas;... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=896042 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:28:25 +0100 896042 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=891497&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fthe-future-of-i.html It felt like the early days of the Internet, when a bunch of seemingly delirious companies were all hyped up about something called "eCommerce" -- the then-stunning concept that people might actually conduct end-to-end shopping transactions on the Net, from... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=891497 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:00:20 +0100 891497 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=886263&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fwhere-healthcar.html Today I’m at the Health 2.0 Conference here in San Francisco, the first gathering of its kind: over 400 entrepreneurs, investors, analysts, media and other industry insiders have convened to discuss what happens when old world healthcare meets new world... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=886263 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:30:00 +0100 886263 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=876028&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fa-blog-lost-whi.html For a few years now, my husband's been saying that AOL is where good services go to die. Did you catch this veiled announcement last week that TheDiabetesBlog.com would be shut down by owner AOL on Sept. 14, 2007, ostensibly... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=876028 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 05:09:47 +0100 876028 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=847290&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fgot-ethics.html Have you spotted these icons yet? What they represent is another solid answer to the burning question, “How do you know whether a health/medical blog is credible”? There is of course the HONCode for policing the reliability of medical and... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=847290 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:55:00 +0100 847290 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=835448&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fmore-chronic-fr.html A few miscellaneous items you might like to know about over the holiday weekend. Or not -- what, you won't be glued to your computer reading me?! ;) First up, Quote of the Week: "Exubera was not our finest day,"... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=835448 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:01:53 +0100 835448 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=816652&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fwhat-do-you-wan.html Oh, how the health-related websites proliferate. They’re popping up faster than frozen yogurt shops in the 1980's. At least a dozen new health-focused search engines and patient community sites have graciously contacted me in recent weeks asking for feedback on... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=816652 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:45:00 +0100 816652 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=805915&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2007%2F08%2Flive-from-the-d.html Hello from Computer-TV-land. Today I am on-site at Diabetes Health magazine's new broadcast studio in Marin, CA. Editor Scott King and I will discuss the latest D-news, new product designs, and conduct a big fat QA session answering dozens of... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=805915 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:20:24 +0100 805915 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=790559&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fdoug-burns-upda.html It's another Miscellaneous-Updates Day here at DiabetesMine.com. I'm stuffing things in bags, as our family's off to Lake Shasta for a long weekend. Ah, the outdoors... Honey, are you bringing your laptop?! Anyway, here are three news bits I wanted... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=790559 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:13:32 +0100 790559 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=736285&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fgoody-goodies.html Happy Monday! Ugh, back in the office even though it's summer. Life is so unfair. OK, so... skip the donuts today. Instead perhaps sink your teeth into a few carb-free goodies I have to share: Who's seen the excellent article... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=736285 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:45:00 +0100 736285 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=726257&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fthe-thinking--1.html Another Amy has introduced me to the roving Thinking Blogger Awards (thank you!). These were initiated by one Ilker Yoldas of The Thinking Blog in February. Each awardee is tasked with naming 5 fave blogs. It's a real nice way... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=726257 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:43:49 +0100 726257 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=658856&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fspam_update_and.html A few announcements today: First, I've been hit by a generous helping of comment spam, forcing me to switch on my moderate comments filter. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. If your comment is legitimate, rest assured it will... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=658856 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:08:20 +0100 658856 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=638003&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fbig_pharma_tv.html On a hat tip from PharmaGossip and a number of others, did you know that... Four of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies are proposing to launch a television station to tell the public about their drugs, amid strenuous lobbying across... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=638003 Thu, 24 May 2007 00:14:41 +0100 638003 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=612047&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fsome_dontmiss_c.html A few items you will definitely want to know about if you read this blog: * Jenni Prokopy over at ChronicBabe is hosting an essay contest on the most thoughtful or creative way someone has helped you with your chronic... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=612047 Mon, 14 May 2007 13:45:00 +0100 612047 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=612021&cid=t_116019_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F05%2F14%2Fmad-money-says-novo-nordisk-sell-sell-sell%2F Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Drugs, Research, Daily News, OpinionMad Money is a stock show on CNBC hosted by Jim Cramer - a well-known iron fist on Wall Street. He has a following of stock enthusiasts who regard his recommendations (buy or sell) as gospel. Why is he so good at what he does? He just wants to help you make money. And to this end -- the reason I bring Cramer's passionate drive to The Diabetes Blog is simple: last week he called Novo Nordisk as a SELL. Cramer said he's beginning to worry about a backlash on drug stocks. He advised that viewers should not be greedy and should take gains in Novo Nordisk (NVO). Perhaps the NY Times article raised some eyebrows at Big Pharma. It appears doctors are receiving handsome gifts and stipends for handing out samp... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=612021 Mon, 14 May 2007 04:00:00 +0100 612021 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=530937&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fnew_sites_camps.html Happy Spring, All! If you're reading this, you've survived this year's second annual Sugar Fest (Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween), so congratulations. And now for an update on some stuff that might interest you, on and offline: ON THE WEB: *... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=530937 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 13:45:00 +0100 530937 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=520206&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia-c02m02.libsyn.com%2Fpodcasts%2F88d002e925cace5ee7c784fc9de33362%2F4612f7bc%2Fdiabetespowershow%2F22_Amy_Tenderich.mp3 Hey there, Amigos. This week is Spring Break here and I've just returned from the most breathtaking four-day weekend with my family on the Monterey coast. My husband and I kept looking at each other and saying, And this is... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=520206 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:45:00 +0100 520206 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=506886&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2007%2F03%2Ftagged_for_seve.html I'm so very late to this meme (Internet game for sharing personal tidbits) that I could barely remember who tagged me. But then I stumbled on Scott S. again and it all came back to me. I've been duly Tagged... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=506886 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:00:00 +0100 506886 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=479058&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2007%2F03%2Fanniversary_and.html I've been so busy, I almost forgot to celebrate: the beginning of March marked two full years of DiabetesMine.com. Wow! Aside from the mind-numbing amount of time this diabetic butt has spent in a chair while compiling blog entries, consider... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=479058 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:45:00 +0100 479058 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=479063&cid=t_116019_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2007%2F03%2Fdiabeteshealth_.html DiabetesHealth magazine has launched its online makeover... and guess what? It looks a lot more like a blog now than just another print publication that's putting its stuff up on the web. And guess what else? Editor Scott King and... (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=479063 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:45:00 +0100 479063