Children With Diabetes (CWD) is an organization that, for many families affected by this disease, has become something of a second family. The website childrenwithdiabetes.com is an online forum and community where people from all over the country connect and support each other, sharing stories about doctors, blood tests, pumps, etc. CWD hosts... Read more
Managing Sick Days for Young Adults with Diabetes; Presented by Jen Block
The points that Jen made are very useful for young adults who are becoming more independent and may be faced with taking care of themselves alone while sick. As someone going off to college next year, I was very glad I had attended this seminar; even though I knew a... Read more
On Day 2 of the Friends for Life conference, breakfast in the convention center was followed by a Keynote Session featuring former surgeon general Ken Moritsugu and Tom Karlya, "The Diabetes Dad." Moritsugu spoke of his personal history (he was diagnosed with Type 1 at the age of 55) and on the topic of health literacy, encouraging... Read more
Friday, July 10th was the last day of informational seminars at the conference. On Saturday, everyone went to the Disney theme parks, and lastly, there was a farewell breakfast on Sunday.
I spent Friday morning in the exhibit hall, visiting booths of the American Diabetes Association, Sanofi-Aventis, LifeScan, and... Read more
One of the focus groups I went to at the Children with Diabetes conference was hosted by Wavesense, a company that produces blood glucose-testing meters. You may have heard of the Wavesense Presto, the Keynote, or the Jazz glucometers.
Anyway, the folks here asked us what we thought of integrating diabetes management technology with the Apple... Read more
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