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Design Challenge: A Word with Our CDE Judge, Gary Scheiner
As you all hopefully know, the 2010 DiabetesMine Design Challenge is ON. We opened for entries last Monday.
I#8217;m excited about community voting this year (y#8217;all get to choose the competition finalists). I#8217;m equally delighted to have such a wonderful panel of expert judges whose role will be to determine the winners from your list of […] (Source: Diabetes Mine)Original post by Diabetes Mine
Eight Months … But Two to Go?
Ah, the cruel truth to pregnancy.nbsp; I’m currently 32 weeks pregnant, which means I’m eight months along.nbsp; quot;Oh great, Kerri!nbsp; That means you only have one month to go!quot;WRONG!Those perpetuating the rumor that pregnancy is only nine months long, I beg you to stop.nbsp; Because when we, the pregnant messes, crest up to the eight month mark, only to realize that there are eight weeks left to go?nbsp; We cry.nbsp; Sometimes we just bust out crying.nbsp; Because pregnancy is 40 weeks long, and when you divide 40 (weeks in total) by 4 (weeks in a month) … well, even I can do that math.nbsp; It equals 10.nbsp; Ten months.nbsp; So I’m eight months along, but I’ve got seven weeks left to go.(Yes, this shirt is the same one that my…
No commentsWinning with Type 1 Diabetes – Bike Racing with a Bang
Following my series of interviews with Kris Freeman, I got a note from competitive cyclist Phil Southerland, founder of Team Type 1. He wanted to let me know how well his group of athletes with type 1 diabetes have been performing so far this year.
Phil was concerned that the mainstream media coverage of Freeman#8217;s challenges […] (Source: Diabetes Mine)Original post by Diabetes Mine
New Cellphone-Like All-in-One Glucose Meter from Finland
Disclosure: I do not know for sure whether this company intends to enter this year#8217;s DiabetesMine Design Challenge competition (although I hope so!); I#8217;ve simply been corresponding with the co-founder for several weeks and find the product interesting — and hopefully inspirational for all fans of diabetes innovation.
A small company in Finland called Mendor […] (Source: Diabetes Mine)Original post by Diabetes Mine
No commentsGeorgetown Guard Diagnosed with Diabetes
Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Daily NewsGeorgetown guard Austin Freeman has developed diabetes, which shouldn’t affect his basketball career, but has made the junior’s status questionable for today’s start to the Big East tournament in New York City.
Regardless of when he begins playing, his physician, Stephen Clement, head of the Diabetes Center at Georgetown University Hospital, will be on hand to help the Hoyas’ leading scorer manage his condition.
Clement told reporters at a press conference that it may take up to a month to determine which type of diabetes Freeman has. Type 1 diabetes, which occurs when the pancreas stops producing insulin, afflicts five to 10 percent of all diabetics. Type 2 diabetes occurs when the body can’t use …
No commentsWhy are there a lot of redheads in Scotland?
Earlier today, I came across this story in the on-line version of the Daily Mail (UK) which reports on a theory relating to why the Scotland enjoys a preponderance of redheads. The theory, which the originator herself describes as ‘speculation’, is that a combination of the ‘bad weather’ in Scotland, coupled with a genetic mutation, […] (Source: Dr John Biffa’s Blog)Original post by Dr John Biffa’s Blog
No commentsKris Freeman: Closing Thoughts on Vancouver 2010
Admittedly, I’m a bit tardy here in publishing the final installment of my Winter Olympics conversations with cross-country skier Kris Freeman. He has type 1 diabetes and was America’s best hope for a medal in his sport in Vancouver this year — but alas, things did not go well for Kris this time around. He […] (Source: Diabetes Mine)Original post by Diabetes Mine
No commentsWhy rosiglitazone would not have been approved today
by Larry Husten, PhD
Avandia continues to dominate cardiovascular-related news this week. Recently, the AHA and the ACC issued a highly detailed, thoughtful, though perhaps slightly over-diplomatic science advisory on TZDs and CV risk. Taking a completely opposite tack, GSK, in no mood to take prisoners, and apparently about to nominate itself for a Nobel Prize, issued a 30 page White Paper in response to the Senate report published on Saturday.
At the core of the AHA/ACC advisory is a detailed analysis of all the available rosiglitazone data. I’m not aware of a more detailed or objective analysis. After a careful review of the data the authors conclude that “an association between rosiglitazone and IHD outcomes has not yet been firmly …
Puffy Pregnancy Hands.
Nothing says quot;hot mommaquot; like a pair of puffy pregnancy hands.nbsp; BSparl and I almost at the 32 week mark, and I’m rocking what I’ve heard is a very common, but very uncomfortable symptom of pregnancy - swelling.nbsp; Water retention.nbsp; Puffiness.nbsp; Or, as I call it when I’m frustrated but more like Pepe Le Pew-frustrated when he can’t get his mitts on that black cat: quot;Le Puff.quot; nbsp; The first half of my pregnancy was very comfortable.nbsp; No morning sickness and no real discomfort, just the growing potbelly and lots of blood sugar lows.nbsp; Second trimester was good enough (just got bigger and bigger) but now, deep into the third trimester, I’m starting to really feel the burn.nbsp; This puffy hands thing isn’t j…
No commentsFlashback Friday: Excerpts from the Dr. Seuss “Fun with Diabetes” Book
This Tuesday, March 2, was Dr. Seuss’ birthday. I can#8217;t believe I nearly missed it this year. I really should make it an annual tradition to reprint the following, which I penned back in March 2005. This thing has ricocheted around the diabetes community, across the US and beyond:
Excerpts from the Dr. Seuss “Fun with […] (Source: Diabetes Mine)Original post by Diabetes Mine
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