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Dr. Bill Quick

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Physician and Medical Director of DiabetesMonitor.com

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posted 11/21/2009, comments (0)

Lousy Reimbursement is a Barrier to Comprehensive Diabetes Care

A recent survey of physicians, Physicians' Perceptions of Reimbursement as a Barrier to Comprehensive Diabetes Care, highlights a well-known, ancient, and unsolvable problem: sometimes physicians simply don’t get paid enough to take care of people with diabetes (PWD). It’s certainly easier to scribble a prescription for an antibiotic... Read more Chevron

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Amylia Grace

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type 1 since the age of eleven, I'm a writer, educator & blogger.

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posted 11/20/2009, comments (0)

New Ritual = New Habits (now with less carbs!)

Our local organic grocery store has a pastry chef who has won all kinds of awards for her tasty treats. I am partial to her cookies. They're big. They're cakey. And they're organic, made with all-natural ingredients. I give her awards every time I eat one! One winter a few years ago, I got hooked on these cookies despite their carbiness. They... Read more Chevron

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Beth McNamara

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Son living with Type 1 diabetes

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posted 11/19/2009, comments (2)

Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Toe-to-Toe

We've passed the mid-way point in National Diabetes Month, which calls for awareness and education of diabetes to the general public and fostering a sense of community for all who have diabetes. Diabetes is affecting more and more people and their families and friends every year - to the tune of 23.6 million in the U.S. alone, hence this... Read more Chevron

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Ann Bartlett

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Wellness Center Owner, living with type 1

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posted 11/19/2009, comments (2)

Regenerating Beta Cells

Type 1 diabetes, also known as juvenile diabetes, is an autoimmune disease. Without injected insulin, people who have diabetes cannot survive. Insulin was invented in 1928 changing our lives from a death sentence to someone living with diabetes. It is a little mind numbing to think about! The 1928 research team's discovery... Read more Chevron

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David Mendosa

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Medical Journalist Living with Diabetes and Author of Fitness and Photography for Fun, www.mendosa.com/fitnessblog

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posted 11/18/2009, comments (15)

"Food, Inc."

American agriculture changed more in the past 50 years than it did in the previous 10,000 years since humans started cultivating grains and domesticating cattle, pigs, and poultry. This affects all Americans, but none more than those of us who have diabetes, which started its steep rise at about the same time that our farms became so much more... Read more Chevron

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