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The Diabetes Self-Management Web Team is made up of Web Editor Diane Fennell, Assistant Editor Alwa Cooper, and Web Intern Helen Zhu
The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards
This week, we’d like to direct your attention to a young man being honored in the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards for his work with children who have diabetes…
DiabetesMine Patient Voices Contest
Have an idea about how to improve some of the devices that are crucial to your diabetes management? Then you may be interested in entering this year’s “Patient Voices Contest,” run by DiabetesMine.com…
Study Suggests Yet Another Benefit of Metformin
We have previously written about the multiple health benefits of metformin. Now, a new study in rats suggests that there may be even more good news about metformin, this time in the area of heart health…
Diabetes Self-Management Around the Web
This week, we have two pieces of good news we’d like to report regarding Diabetes Self-Management’s presence around the Web…
Limb Loss Awareness Month
April is Limb Loss Awareness Month, and to mark the occasion, the Amputee Coalition is lighting up Times Square with a Jumbotron message urging people to take action to avoid a preventable amputation…
“How I Deal” Video Contest
How do you deal with Type 1 diabetes? That’s the question being asked by the Maryland chapter of JDRF as part of a new contest.
Pain Expert to Discuss Neuropathy on Radio Show
Are you struggling to cope with pain in your feet, hands, arms or legs caused by neuropathy (nerve damage)? If so, then you may be interested in an upcoming radio broadcast…
A Whimsical Look at Lancets
From lancets to continuous glucose meters, diabetes devices are an integral part of managing the condition, and the technology for these tools has come quite a long way since they first came on the scene. Just how far?
Two Diabetes and Sports Associations Merge
If you are an active person with diabetes, you may be familiar with either the Diabetes Exercise and Sports Association (DESA) or Insulindependence, two organizations that have worked independently since 2005 “to provide exercise-related resources for people living with diabetes.” In a press release from March 12, the two associations have announced a merger…
National Kidney Disease Awareness Month
Chronic kidney disease, a condition in which the kidneys gradually become damaged and lose their ability to filter waste and excess fluid from the body, affects an estimated 26 million Americans. Millions of others are at increased risk of developing the condition, including people who have diabetes…
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