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Incredible People; A Bucket; Some Change;…..$45 Million Dollars Later……

As I have stated before, the highlight of my job is meeting people from all over who dedicate themselves to making sure one day diabetes is gone forever.  Probably the single largest contributor to this effort is a group made up of men and women of the Building and Construction Trades Department (the BCTD) of the […]

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Wake Us Up Damnit!!!!! Nitetime Lows???? Warn Us!!!!

I was asked to rerun this column and respectfully I post it again. Okay—here is the idea.  While we wait for so many things from a cure to better tools for management like a bionic/artificial pancreas; here is my idea. Knowing one of the BIGGEST fears for parents is losing our child(ren) (or loved one […]

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A Big Corporate Giant………Made up of People; Just Like You and Me.

At the end of the day, it’s about people. On many occassions I hear and/or read about this company or that company and the ‘big bad’ machine that operates in the daily business pages.  I want to share something  today about a big company made up of……..well………people, many having a tie-in with diabetes, just like […]

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An Incredible Story about an Angel, Literally, an Angel.

I have stated before that I meet the most remarkable people in my travels.  Traveling this week to an incredible event to benefit those who battle diabetes every day.  On the plane recently I began a conversation with Betty.  Betty had remarkable tales of her family and one in particular struck me and that was […]

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WOW!!!! J&J’s Animas Submits for US FDA Approval for the Vibe—reports Two Top DA’s

Two very popular members of the Diabetes Advocates are reporting news that many of us have been waiting for some time to hear……..like two years. I just read about the fact that the folks from J&J’s Animas have finally submitted for the FDA approval process here in the USA from Bennet Dunlap, a huge follower and ‘sharer’ […]

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The Scariest Aspect about Boston…..”No Advance Intelligence.”

There has been one phrase that has stuck with me for the last 24 hours, almost to the minute, of the massacre in Boston.  That phrase is this: “We had no prior intelligence warning of this incident”.  It was said across the media; time and time and time again. There was no warning. Well if that […]