PWD Passenger Wanted: Raising Awareness About Diabetes & Strokes

Did you know the month of May is National Stroke Awareness Month? On that topic, we were fascinated to hear how one man in Colorado is advocating to help raise awareness about the increased risk of stroke that people with diabetes (PWDs) face.A s…

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Breaking the Glass on Generic Insulin: "Biosimilars" Coming Soon? Why is affordable generic insulin not available to patients in the US? Mainly because the big manufacturers have a stronghold on the patents for this complicated "biologic" drug. But now it seems Big Pharma itself may be presenting a nice alterna......
Press Release: Center for Oral Health receives grant to conduct oral health assessment of Older Adults POMONA, Calif. – The Center for Oral Health has received a $170,000 grant from The California Wellness Foundation (CalWellness) to conduct an oral health assessment of older adults in California over the next two years. “California is home to nearly 7 million residents who are 60 or older. Within a few years, one in five Californians will be 65 or older, and will be increasingly diverse in terms of race, ethnicity, financial resources and living conditions. As people age, they continue to be plagued by oral health problems; in fact, in the U.S. today, only 28 percent of older adults (ages 65-74) have...
Diabetes Photo/ Sports/ Awareness Projects, Part 2 Yes, you guessed it - as an addendum to yesterday's post, some more cool awareness programs you might like to know about:Health ConnectionsThis is a brand new health care show airing on a local PBS affiliate KSMQ. Host Shawn Riley is also publish......
21 Million Americans Are Now Living With Diabetes 21 million Americans are now living with diabetes - not to mention their families, friends, communities, and the millions of people with diabetes out there in the rest of the world. The Internet brings us together. DiabetesMine™ is not only ......
Emily O’Dell: Breaking the Silence: Mental Health Awareness Month in Beirut While on the surface our mental health awareness work in Lebanon looks like an innovation, it's more like a reclamation -- since the first mental hospitals in the world appeared in the Middle East. Read more: Mental Health, Mental Illness, Education, Mental Health Awareness Month, Mental Health Issues, Lebanon, Beirut, Middle East, High School, History, Eating Disorders, Self-Injury, Alcoholism, Drug Addiction, Drug Abuse, Suicide, Suicide Prevention, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Cairo, Baghdad, Advocacy, Morocco, Health Insurance, Migrant Workers, Healthy Living News...