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Satirical TSA 'Memo' Skewers The Bumbling Agency

Christopher Elliott | Posted 04.01.2012

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Christopher Elliott

TSA policy on cupcakes and other baked goods is clear: These items may be confiscated at any time, for any reason, as long as you share them with your colleagues in the break room.

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Challenges of Juvenile Diabetes in India

Dinkar Jain | Posted 03.19.2012

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Dinkar Jain

While juvenile diabetes has many shared challenges across nations -- patients need to mathematically coordinate exercise, insulin, and diet -- there are a few behaviors that make advising patients with juvenile diabetes in India more challenging

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Medical Equipment Vulnerable To Hacking

AP | JORDAN ROBERTSON | Posted 10.04.2011

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LAS VEGAS — Even the human bloodstream isn't safe from computer hackers. A security researcher who is diabetic has identified flaws that could ...

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Alicia Ciccone

Helping Kids Battle Diabetes In Style

HuffingtonPost.com | Alicia Ciccone | Posted 09.06.2011

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Like many great moms-turned-entrepreneurs, Julie DeFruscio found herself faced with a challenge on the homefront and turned her homegrown solution int...

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A New Kind Of Diabetes Education

Riva Greenberg | Posted 05.30.2011

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Riva Greenberg

This year Gary Scheiner, who has lived with Type 1 diabetes for 25 years, opened the first online university for people with diabetes.

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Miss America Nicole Johnson: Changing The Landscape Of Chronic Illness

Riva Greenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Riva Greenberg

I first met Nicole last year when she was the key speaker at Diabetes Sisters' "Weekend for Women." I was then, and continue to be, impressed by her passion for better serving people with chronic illness.

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Taking on Diabetes From Every Angle

Riva Greenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Riva Greenberg

People will always have to manage their diabetes, but the hope is by automating more functions they can do so with a lot less time and effort and less risk of hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia.

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