Elizabeth's Blog – April 2011 Archive (2)
New nastygram to the New York Times
"For the first time in history, lifestyle diseases like diabetes, heart disease, some cancers and others kill more people than communicable ones. Treating these diseases… Continue
Added by Elizabeth on April 14, 2011 at 8:00am — 14 Comments
Better late than never -- my nastygram to Reader's Digest
Every time I see the word “diabetes” on your cover, I flinch. I am the mother of a child with Type 1 diabetes and the author of a forthcoming book on parenting children with this disease, and I’ve learned enough to know that the writers who contribute on this topic do not do their homework. If they did, they’d know that diabetes isn’t a disease — it’s multiple diseaseS, plural. All forms of diabetes mellitus have some commonalities, but they have different causes,… Continue
Added by Elizabeth on April 12, 2011 at 8:19am — 13 Comments
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