Hi Guys Today is 6th Annual D-Blog Day 2010. D-blog Day was started on November 9th 2005 during Diabetes Awareness Month, to help unite diabetes bloggers and create awareness about diabetes. This year’s topic is: 6 things you want people to know about diabetes. Diabetes does not have to be a Life Sentence! Yes Diabetes is [...]
Shoot Up’s Tim Talks Pump Start Ups
As I keep banging on about it, beloved readers of your soaraway Shoot Up will, by now, be well aware that I was hooked up to an insulin pump earlier this week. Anyway, I’m pleased to report that I’m still alive and all seems to be going well so far. Read more over @ Shoot Up or Put Up now…
Why Social Media Could Harm Your Diabetes
Are you a twitterholic, do you spend more time on Facebook than you do on your 8 hour shift, do you have to let everyone in the world know every minute detail of your diabetic life? well you are not alone and it might not be good for your health. Read more about Social Media [...]
Big Blue Test
http://BigBlueTest.org is a program of the Diabetes Hands Foundation (DHF). It takes place every November 14 (World Diabetes Day. People with diabetes are invited to test their blood sugar at 2 pm (local time), do 14 minutes of activity, test again and share the results. Nov. 14, 2010, DHF is aiming for a minimum of [...]
The Far Reaching Impact of Diabetes
This is the story of juvenile type 1 diabetes, its far-reaching impacts and what we need to do to defeat the sometimes disastrous effects of the disease. The video tells the story of the Kuehl family and it debuted in Sept 2010 at Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institutes 2010 An Evening of Wine. For more [...]
Avandia Suspended in Europe
The European Medicines Agency today recommended the suspension of the marketing authorisations for the rosiglitazone-containing anti-diabetes medicines Avandia, Avandamet and Avaglim. These medicines will stop being available in Europe within the next few months. Patients who are currently taking these medicines should make an appointment with their doctor to discuss suitable alternative treatments. Patients are [...]
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