Diabetes Mine has launched a new Patient Voices Contest in which e-Patients and hands-on caregivers can voice their concerns about diabetes device design. To enter, patients and caregivers must submit a 2-3 minute video describing what they would like to see from diabetes device makers, and what issues they have with the current technology.    The...

Meri Schuhmacher writes the blog Our Diabetic Life.  She and her husband Ryan are the parents of fours sons, three of whom have type 1 diabetes.  Right now this special family is praying for a miracle.  Last month Ryan, 40, was diagnosed with cancer, and he has a giant battle to fight.  Funds are being raised to help the Schuhmachers....

JDRF has partnered with over 700 online stores to raise money for diabetes research.  To participate in this fundraiser all you have to do is  download the JDRF toolbar, visit the sites of participating merchants, and shop. Every time you make a purchase, JDRF will receive 1%-5% of the price.  Not only will the the cost of your purchases...

It’s not too late to do the Big Blue Test!  Not sure what the Big Blue Test is?  It’s a diabetes awareness program started by the nonprofit Diabetes Hands Foundation, that takes place every November leading up to World Diabetes Day on November 14. The campaign reinforces the importance of exercise in managing diabetes. People...

Brenda Novak, mother of five and bestselling New York Times and USA Today author, has raised over $1.3 million dollars for diabetes research through her annual online auctions.  Brenda’s youngest son, Thad, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of five.  After Thad’s diagnosis, Brenda wanted to do anything possible...

The top names in diabetes research will be at TEDxDelMar in San Diego, discussing the future of diabetes care and cure.  Want to be there? ASweetLife, in conjunction with the organizing committee of the event, is giving away 10 free tickets to TEDxDelMar!  So if you can be in San Diego on October 15, 2011 and would like to attend, send...

Race car driver Charlie Kimball, the first and only licensed driver with diabetes in the history of the Indy Racing League to race at the highest level of the Series, was nominated this week for the Firestone Tire-iffic Award. He was nominated for capitalizing on his best qualifying effort to run up front and finish 11th in The Honda...