#ShowUsYourBBT – Desiree shows off her #BigBlueTest

Now it’s your turn! Join the movement! Go to BigBlueTest.org and log a test now. Each entry between today and November 19th will equal a $1 donation (up to $35,000) made by the program sponsors to diabetes charities that are providing life-saving supplies and services.

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#BigBlueTest with T2 Dance Crew™ and So You Think You Can Dance Alum Janette Manrara

Join the T2 Dance Crew™ and So You Think You Can Dance alum Janette Manrara to learn easy and fun Latin dance moves. After dancing, help others by logging your exercise at BigBlueTest.org. Each entry results in a $1 donation made by our program sponsors (up to $35,000) to nonprofit organizations providing life-saving supplies and services.

For more exclusive choreography and further information about the T2 Dance Crew™, sign up for updates by visiting T2DanceCrew.com.

This is a collaborations between Big Blue Test and the T2 Dance Crew™, a national education and wellness program launched by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., together with famed dancer, choreographer and actress Debbie Allen and the television show So You Think You Can Dance. This program aims to help millions of people with type 2 diabetes tap into the natural joy of dance and add movement to their comprehensive diabetes management approach.

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#BigBlueTest kick-off party with DHF staff!

Join the staff of Diabetes Hands Foundation – Mike, Corinna, Emily and Desiree – to learn about this important annual tradition and kick off an exciting month of activity, awareness-raising and helping others. Read all about it at BigBlueTest.org – JOIN THE MOVEMENT!

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T2 Dance Crew™ and So You Think You Can Dance Alum Fik-Shun’s Hip Hop Dance Routine

Join So You Think You Can Dance alum Fik-Shun for an easy-to-follow Hip-Hop dance class as part of the T2 Dance Crew™ program.

This is a collaboration between Big Blue Test and the T2 Dance Crew™, a national education and wellness program launched by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., together with famed dancer, choreographer and actress Debbie Allen and the television show So You Think You Can Dance. This program aims to help millions of people with type 2 diabetes tap into the natural joy of dance and add movement to their comprehensive diabetes management approach.

For more dance videos, and the chance to sign up for exclusive updates from the Crew, visit www.T2DanceCrew.com.

To log a Big Blue Test and to learn how your exercise sessions can benefit others, go to www.BigBlueTest.org

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TuDiabetes Live interview with Dr. Korey Hood: "Diabetes and Sex, for Men"

Korey K. Hood, PhD works closely with people with diabetes in clinical, research, and advocacy settings. For this particular discussion entitled “Diabetes and Sex, for Men,” it helps that Dr. Hood is a guy and happens to have type 1 diabetes. Dr. Hood’s academic position is at Stanford University School of Medicine where he is a Professor and Staff Psychologist. At Stanford, he directs NIH- and foundation-funded research projects and provides clinical care aimed at promoting health and quality of life outcomes. Much of this work focuses on building positive coping and problem-solving skills to prevent diabetes distress and depression, and increasing the uptake of diabetes technologies and social media. He is the chair of the American Diabetes Association’s Behavioral Medicine and Psychology Interest Group, helps direct programming for JDRF and Children With Diabetes events, and stays active in the diabetes online community.

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TuDiabetes Live Interview with Sara Soka: Berkeley vs. Big Soda

Thousands of residents of Berkeley, CA,are standing up to the soda industry by supporting the soda tax on next November’s ballot. The link between sugary drinks and diseases like diabetes is undeniable, and the CDC now projects that 1 of every 3 kids will get diabetes in their lifetimes unless we do something about it. The tax will be a huge step forward for children’s health, and is endorsed by prominent organizations and individuals across Berkeley – the NAACP, Latinos Unidos, the Berkeley Federation of Teachers, Michael Pollan, Alice Waters, and many more.

Read this op-ed piece for more information and a perspective on the issue.

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TuDiabetes Live Interview with Doug Baum, making better glucagon with Xeris Pharmaceuticals

Glucagon

The global diabetes epidemic is presenting enormous challenges for health care models around the world. While much of the focus remains on tight glycemic control, increased attention is being paid to the associated problems of hypoglycemia in these patients. Xeris is addressing both of these issues with the development of a stable, non-aqueous, injectable glucagon. Xeris has already developed a room-temperature-stable formulation which is being leveraged for multiple opportunities ranging from rescue pens for the treatment of severe hypoglycemia to pump-based formulations for use in an artificial pancreas.

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TuDiabetes Live interview with Zoe Heineman: Hypoglycemia Awareness Month

NEW YORK, NY, (September 5, 2014) – “Hypoglycemia Awareness,” also known as “Ha!” launches an initiative this month to raise public awareness of severe hypoglycemia, an ongoing risk for people with diabetes. In order to mitigate the safety risk of severe hypoglycemia in public settings, a magenta “G” icon for glucose, was introduced to indicate the presence of treatment. The “G” represents some of the commonly used treatments carried by people with diabetes beginning with a “G” such as: glucose tablets, glucose gels or glucagon in an emergency kit.

Magenta “G” stickers are being distributed by “Hypoglycemia Awareness” during this first Hypoglycemia Awareness Month of September. About the concept of the magenta “G”, Zoe Heineman, the founder of “Ha!” who has Type 1 diabetes said, “To minimize the response time during a medical emergency, we keep this magenta “G” icon over any place where they carry a supply of their own personal glucose treatment. As we begin to adopt the use of the “G,” others around us will know where to look to find a source of treatment when assistance is required.”

Attendees of the interview can receive a free “G” sticker in the mail! Just send your address to the TuDiabetes Community Manager, Emily, after the event 🙂

“Ha!” was founded earlier this year to meet a growing unmet need for understanding of hypoglycemia among the general public. “Ha!” provides training to employer groups and public organizations, such as police departments, on what to look for when someone is experiencing hypoglycemia in public, and how to appropriately respond in order to minimize the interruption it causes.

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TuDiabetes Live Interview with TuDiabetes member Melissa: peer to peer fundraising!

Melissa Lee (MelissaBL on TuDiabetes) is a long-time member and supporter of TuDiabetes. Melissa was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 10, DKA and comatose with a blood sugar over 1000. After spending 18 years feeling alone with her disease, she discovered the TuDiabetes community in 2008 and enthusiastically dove in. As one of the first two volunteer admins and later the first Lead Admin, she has given back to the community with her time, talent, and treasure because she credits it with finding the support she needed to get pregnant – twice – and better manage her diabetes on a daily basis. She currently serves on the steering committee of Diabetes Advocates, another program of Diabetes Hand Foundation. She is known to the greater community as a blogger and advocate, writing for A Sweet Life online magazine and her own blog, Sweetly Voiced.

Now the mother of two beautiful kids and a member of the Diabetes Hands Foundation’s Board of Directors for the last two years, Melissa will take over the chairmanship of the board in 2015 for a two-year term.

Melissa will join us to talk about peer-to-peer fundraising to support the work of Diabetes Hands Foundation, which hosts TuDiabetes.

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TuDiabetes Live interview with Gary Scheiner, CDE

Gary is a certified diabetes educator, insulin-pump and continuous glucose monitor user and trainer, and Masters-level exercise physiologist. He serves on the advisory boards of several diabetes device manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies; volunteers for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Diabetes Exercise & Sports Association, American Diabetes Association, and Setebaid diabetes camps; and serves on the faculty of Children With Diabetes. Gary teaches and art and science of blood-glucose balancing to people with diabetes throughout the world from his private practice, Integrated Diabetes Services as well as through his online school of higher learning for insulin users, Type 1 University.

Join us on the homepage of TuDiabetes for a live presentation and question-and-answer session with Gary Scheiner, founder of Integrated Diabetes Services and author of Think Like a Pancreas, The Ultimate Guide to Accurate Carb Counting, and now Until there is a Cure: the Latest and Greatest in Diabetes Self-Care.

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