November is Diabetes Awareness Month and as you know, we take diabetes and diabetes advocacy very seriously. We also, however, like to have…
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It’s Big Blue Test time again! This is our chance to not only get active, but to help improve the lives of people with diabetes in need. By participating in the Big Blue Test between now and November 14 and sharing the experience online at BigBlueTest.org...
Today, Darren is not only a renowned tattoo artist known for his work through TLC's "Miami Ink," he's also covered in tattoos himself, challenging the old-fashioned rule that diabetics can't get tattoos because their bodies don’t heal properly. Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1972 at barely 18 months old, Brass was in a hyperglycaemic coma for several days before one of the doctors finally asked if anyone had thought to check his blood sugar.
The Diabetes Online Community's (DOC) support has been immeasurable. We felt this more than ever on Monday when our science editor, Karmel Allison, nearly fainted as she stood behind President Obama, supporting him while he addressed the nation on the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
CMS recently rolled out competitive bidding for glucose test strips, a highly controversial process which set the reimbursement amounts that Medicare is willing to pay for glucose test strips. These new prices went into effect on July 1, 2013. You can read Medicare’s summary of the changes here; as the New York Times reported (in a poorly researched article that does not acknowledge any potential quality or safety issues), whereas Medicare used to pay $77.90 for 100 test strips, it now will pay $22.47 – a 72% reduction.
This year the AADE Annual Meeting will take place August 7-10 in Philadelphia. We'll be sharing live updates and tweets from the meeting, so be sure to follow us on Twitter @A_Sweet_Life and Facebook to get the updates as they appear.
There are just two days left to enter the DiabetesMine PATIENT VOICES SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST!
Winners will get a free trip to California to take part in our 2013 DiabetesMine Innovation Summit this fall at Stanford University.
Looking back now with the eyes of someone who attended the Friends for Life conference I can say that I regret - to a certain degree - not attending camps when I was younger. Being around others with diabetes has given me greater awareness of what it means to live with diabetes.
The JDCA defines a Practical Cure as one that enables diabetics to live their lives with blood sugar testing once a week or less; to eat an unrestricted diet; to require only a simple regimen of medication; to sleep worry free; to experience only minimal diabetes side effects; and to experience fast recovery from surgery.
Join us from June 21-25th for live updates out of this year's American Diabetes Association's Scientific Sessions in Chicago. More than 1,200 cutting-edge presentations by prestigious diabetes experts will explore the latest research breakthroughs in the meeting's eight theme areas