Category Archives: diabetes advocacy

diabetes innovation…again

Posted on September 25, 2014 by janekdickinson

I am once again humbled, amazed, inspired, and impressed with what people with diabetes are doing to help people with diabetes. Not that this doesn’t happen just about every day, but here is the latest. I had the distinct pleasure … Continue reading →

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Drafting in Diabetes

Posted on September 2, 2014 by janekdickinson

The other day I read Seth Godin’s blog about drafting and realized how it parallels living with diabetes. He writes that drafting works physically, because of aerodynamics, and mentally because the proof (that you can go faster) is right in … Continue reading →

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AADE Twitter Campaign Continues

Posted on June 17, 2014 by janekdickinson

Here is the latest update from the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) on the diabetes education for all campaign: AADE’s federal legislation has gained FIVE new cosponsors within the past month (read more here: http://advocate.diabeteseducator.org/site/R?i=XUgrNLsQfiEtgsw8DQNo3g). we need {continued} help building … Continue reading →

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Diabetes Issues

Posted on May 15, 2014 by janekdickinson

This week is dblog week, where literally hundreds of diabetes bloggers write about certain topics each day (I counted 203 participants in this year’s list!). I participated in dblog week in 2011, 2012, and 2013, but this year time got … Continue reading →

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Hope and Diabetes

Posted on April 17, 2014 by janekdickinson

We can’t live without hope. If we really stop and think about it, life runs on hope. Sometimes our hopes get dashed, but then we think of something else to hope for. Whether it’s personal achievement (school, work, athletics, performance), … Continue reading →

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Everybody Gets Credit

Posted on April 1, 2014 by janekdickinson

Did you see the post on facebook about the runner who is overweight? I shared it on my page this morning because I think it’s such an important message. The gist of it is that a runner sees a woman … Continue reading →

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Diabetes Alert Day

Posted on March 25, 2014 by janekdickinson

Today is Diabetes Alert Day. This is an effort by the American Diabetes Association to alert those who are at risk for diabetes. The ADA has a simple tool to see if you are at risk. The following are risk … Continue reading →

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Low Blood Glucose and the Elderly

Posted on March 13, 2014 by janekdickinson

A study showed that almost 100,000 people visit the ER each year because of diabetes. In the study, 96% of those ER visits were related to hypoglycemia, or low blood glucose. People over 80 are more than twice as likely … Continue reading →

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Preventing Type 2 Diabetes

Posted on February 11, 2014 by janekdickinson

There’s a lot more involved in developing type 2 diabetes than just eating too many candy bars. And it may not be possible to prevent it, per se. However, it is possible to reduce one’s risk of getting type 2 … Continue reading →

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News for LADA

Posted on January 30, 2014 by janekdickinson

We often talk about three forms of diabetes: type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes. But there is another type of diabetes called LADA (Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults), which can be baffling. Many adults are diagnosed with type 2 … Continue reading →

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