October 2009> Diabetes Sunt

We have grown. Among exactly one month, November 14, 2009 will be celebrated throughout the world the World Diabetes Day. On this blog we talked about it often: for example, see this previous article .

As in past years people with diabetes can be heard loudly, with their testimonies and demands, their problems and hopes. The World Diabetes Day, originally promoted by the IDF, today is a celebration officially recognized by a United Nations resolution, and enjoys the patronage of many local, national and international, with a spread in all countries of the world.

There are many events planned to bring to the fore some important issues: prevention, care and rights of diabetes. Locally, thousands of associations organize gazebo and meeting places in city squares, to disseminate correct information among people and to test their blood glucose by performing screening. With the coordination of local authorities will be illuminated in blue hundreds of monuments, to attract attention thanks to the color of the diabetes, or are organized walks along the city streets with banners and balloons blue. All this will happen also in Italy, for years at the forefront of these activities in favor of diabetes, although some activities may be postponed to Sunday 15 for organizational convenience.

Many events will be proposed to transmit positive values that animate many people with diabetes. For example, on November 15 will be repeated in Perugia pedaling the bicycle tour dedicated to diabetes: Diabetes & Associates Cycling along with many other sympathizers also go through a picturesque route passing through Assisi. Me too I had attended last year (see the ' article ) supporting the importance of exercise in diabetes.

This year I will not be in Perugia, but will attend the World Diabetes Day in Rome, where 13 to 15 November there will be celebrations and activities with the group of the Youth Panel, which brings together young people with diabetes from all over Italy, representing a great opportunity initiatives to coordinate some of the youth. Continue reading 'We need a month to the World Diabetes Day 2009'

Something is happening in the world of print. In fact, begin to arrive the first results of many activities to raise public awareness about diabetes through the projects, volunteering, and why not, even over the Internet.

It is with great pride that I inform you that this blog was recently quoted by a national weekly as Joy! On number 36 of 19 September 2009, it appeared a few words of mine and a link. A good result: when I created this site I would never have thought of ending up on the glossy pages of a magazine with a brief interview. Thanks a lot for the preparation and the reporter Alessandra Di Pietro for the opportunity I was offered! Here's where to find the digital version of the article: The blog will extend the life . Also I make available the full text of the interview , which were extrapolated from my quotations contained in the article.

L'articolo di Gioia del 19 settembre che parla di blog e diabete

Joy's article of September 19 that talks about blogs and diabetes

Joy's article on which appeared Sunt Diabetes is actually a kind of inquiry into Italian blogs discussing diseases, especially diabetes, but also others such as Crohn's disease. The AC-portals Diabetes Project and Friends take pages to list the main Italian blog about diabetes, a changing world: the respective pages here and here , was also recently reviewed Sunt Diabetes, as "one of the largest and most updated blog in its field in Italy "... Many thanks to all who are talking about! It would be nice to see greater collaboration between all these blogs, through links and all the tools offered by Internet. Indeed, diabetes is Sunt provides for a partnership with the blogs that deal with celiac disease, because the two conditions of life are related to each other, unfortunately ...

But the press interest in diabetes does not stop internet. For several months ago (actually June 14, 2009) were the weekly Famiglia Cristiana published several articles on diabetes and on some important projects in which I have also worked as the campaign and the Changing Diabetes Barometer, which aims of diabetes show a different point here is the digital version in the Medicine - Special Diabetes . Continue reading 'Press on diabetes: the newspapers of us!'