A study by Australian and Vietnamese scientists found about 11% of men and 12% of women in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City had undiagnosed type 2 diabetes, according to a BBC report. This was in addition to the 4% of people who had been diagnosed...
Category: Diabetes Advocacy
According to a Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) press release, representatives from the JDRF testified this week in two congressional hearings focused on advances in diabetes research and the importance of continued diabetes research funding through the Special Diabetes Program...
The old insulin pump versus multiple daily injections controversy rolls along...
Bayer Diabetes Care announced it would be sponsoring a new contest, “Give Back. Simply Win.” The contest is designed to reward people with diabetes for their charitable efforts. Entering the contest is simple; it is open to people with diabetes in three age categories: 6 to 12, 13 to 17 and 18+ years...
The Jonas Brothers are set to perform a concert at Danny DeVito’s house. The concert will benefit the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism at Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles.
The event is in support of Dr. Francine Kaufman, Nick Jonas’ own diabetes doctor. Jonas was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 13...
I love problem solving and thinking about how we can make diabetes as minimally intrusive as possible...
Novo Nordisk announced the launch of the Novo Nordisk BlueSheet, a resource for information on diabetes and chronic disease, highlighting key issues in diabetes prevention, detection, treatment and care.
The first issue of the Novo Nordisk BlueSheet examines how legislation, advocacy and research can help change the way diabetes is funded and treated in the U.S. today....
I was surprised to learn that there are nearly as many adults diagnosed each year with type 1 as there are children...
The Diabetes Resource website came to be out of sheer frustration. When I was first diagnosed almost 10 years ago I was having a really hard time finding what I wanted on the internet...
All are invited to submit a design concept (devices or web applications) for a consumer-friendly tool that will improve daily life for the millions of people with diabetes...