World Diabetes Day #2
First of all, I've got to confess. I'm writing this at 9 PM, but using publish features to make it appear tomorrow. I'm still nursing some type of cold, so I can't wait until midnight to watch the blue circle come down in New York with 1000's of folks waving meters, syringes and pumps cheering wildly.Because it's World Diabetes Day, the second official one.
What will you be doing to bring attention to diabetes? Lots of buildings will be lit up in blue tomorrow evening. I'm going to wear my blue One Shot at a Time t-shirt from Five Humans. I'm afraid I'm such a publicity hound I'm almost tempted to color some of my teeth blue, but that might be going overboard... "So I guess Bernard's really lost it, must be that insulin he's been taking for years."
This year's campaign for World Diabetes Day is focused on children with diabetes. This includes raising awareness of the signs of type 1 diabetes in children. It's hard to believe but this is sometimes misdiagnosed until children end up in DKA comas, which can be fatal.
So put on something blue, maybe wear a diabetes pin for the day. And if anyone asks why tell them a little about the warning signs of diabetes.
Above all have some fun. Happy Friday all.
Labels: Blue, diabetes, symptoms, worlddiabetesday
posted by Bernard @ 12:02 AM
2 Comments:
I've got on blue jeans, a blue sweater and blue socks. :)
Hope that cold is feeling better. Sending you Chicken Soup thoughts.
IMPORTANT EVENT MARKED WORLD DIABETES DAY, NOV. 14, 2008 IN NYC:
THE FIRST ANNUAL GERALD J. FRIEDMAN FELLOWS SYMPOSIUM ON
NUTRITION, DIABETES AND HUMAN HEALTH
The first annual Gerald J. Friedman Fellows Symposium was held November 14, 2008 on World Diabetes Day at the Tribeca Grand Hotel in New York City. This exciting day-long event, from 9AM until 6PM, explored the ongoing research of a unique fellowship program, bringing together multi-disciplinary academicians to advance research on nutrition, diabetes and health.
The symposium featured a plenary lecture by Dr. Anastassios Pittas, the first Friedman Fellow, on lessons from 10 years in research. Fellows, drawn from Beth Israel Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Siouxland Medical Education Foundation, Tufts University and Tufts Medical Center delivered presentations on cutting-edge research.
Symposium topics included: Molecular mechanisms that link type 2 diabetes and breast cancer progression, Novel biological roles for Vitamin K, Does women's empowerment really improve child nutrition in Bangladesh? and sixteen others.
One of the most exciting presentations on the agenda was that of conference co-chair Leonid Poretsky, M.D., Chief, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism Director at Gerald J. Friedman Diabetes Institute, Gerald J. Friedman Chair in Endocrinology at Beth Israel Medical Center and Professor of Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Dr. Poretsky presented data from the first year of operation at the new Gerald J. Friedman Diabetes Institute at Beth Israel Medical Center. Perhaps the most important measurable goal the program has achieved is a 50% reduction in excess HbA1C (a reflection of an average of all blood sugars in an individual which have occurred in a period of three months) levels, in all patients at the Institute. The odds of this occurring by chance alone are .1%. With 99% certainty we can conclude that patients who have entered this program have shown these improvements within at least 3 months.
The first annual Gerald J. Friedman Fellows Symposium was sponsored by The Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman Foundation and marked the first anniversary of The Gerald J. Friedman Diabetes Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York City.
as reported by April Sandmeyer
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