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After a long pause ... ready to go again!

Un orologio: il tempo che passa How to (maybe) someone will have noticed the blog has entered into a long hibernation for a few months ... I'm sorry and I apologize a lot, even considering that this has happened without warning and without apparent explanation. Unfortunately, this writer has been a very challenging period, which absorbed all his attention, having to stop and return with regret the blog and other activities in the field of diabetes ...

I apologize for all this, but I can finally give you the good news that there is still Sunt Diabetes and is about to become active! Coming soon will be published with so many new products news! Hoping to write more regularly in the future ...

Also will soon begin a series of technical maintenance: I apologize in advance for any interruptions or problems with the site. The blog will return in a graphical improved and updated with a platform!

Sunt Diabetes has recently completed his second year of life, an important goal, a long journey full of success: the first article was published on 26 August two years ago. This is the right time to renew and come back stronger than ever!

Series of more ... those who do not revise! So if you are interested do not lose hope and go back and visit ... the blog is coming back with many new features, stay connected! :-D

See you soon!

The editors

Press on diabetes: the newspapers about us!

Something is happening in the world of print. In fact, the first results start to come in so 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 never thought of ending up on the glossy pages of a magazine with a brief interview. Thank you for preparing and journalist 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 . It also makes 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 Friends and Diabetes Project 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 most complete and most updated blog in its field in Italy "... Many thanks to all those 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. In fact, diabetes is Sunt provides for a partnership with the blogs that deal with celiac disease, since the two conditions of life are highly correlated with each other, unfortunately ...

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

The first birthday of the blog: Sunt Diabetes is one year old!

Logo di Sunt Diabete per il suo primo compleanno Congratulations Sunt Diabetes! About a year ago was published the first article on this site ... And now, 12 months later we are still here, with so many things to say. Nearly 50 articles written, 7000 total unique visitors, 13000 page views not bad to be started from scratch! Indeed, the project is going well beyond expectations.

The idea of the blog was created to have a tool with which to disseminate their experiences and share ideas about diabetes: all this has been useful to talk about this important issue. Over time the site has been improved and enhanced services. I received a lot of satisfaction, and I hope that you visit for you all this is useful!

And for the future ... The ideas are many, there are several new articles in the draft to be completed and published, and several projects in the pipeline. In short: on like this, trying to do even better, though still consistent with the commitments and the time available! Tips are always welcome by: just contact me or leave a comment.

Thanks to all visitors, members and commentators on the blog: you are to make sense of adventure. Sunt Diabetes Happy Birthday!

The editors

Easter, earthquake, diabetes

Un esempio della furia del terremoto in Abruzzo dell'aprile 2009

The earthquake in Abruzzo

It is Easter! Day of great celebration! Congratulations to all! The thought in these days can not go to those who are experiencing difficult times, particularly for earthquake victims of Abruzzo. There are many human dramas that weave in situations like these. Among the many urgent problems I think there is also that of people with diabetes, who have found themselves homeless overnight, with the lack of everything, displaced in the general confusion. Diabetes, especially type 1 insulin-dependent diabetes is a chronic condition that requires continuous therapy without interruption. So my hope is that people with diabetes who live in Abruzzo still succeed, despite the difficulties, to have access to insulin and medical need. A similar thought is for people with celiac disease, even in difficult conditions such as these should only eat gluten-free foods. Here are some pointers on how to help these people.

Anyone can send aid to the people of L'Aquila and surrounding channels through major energy, such as the Italian Red Cross ( www.cri.it ) and the Italian Caritas ( www.caritasitaliana.it ). In particular, in order to help people with diabetes and celiac disease, including through the provision of specific material (insulin, needles, syringes, strips for blood glucose, gluten-free foods ...), you can follow the instructions provided on their websites Internet from their own associations devoted to diabetes and cliachia as diabetes Italy ( www.diabeteitalia.it ) and Italian Celiac Association ( www.celiachia.it ). Alternatively you can contact the local authorities and associations. Everyone can do their part in this emergency.

Uova di Pasqua

So, again, best wishes for a Happy Easter by the editors of Diabetes Sunt, reminding all people with chronic illnesses who are living at the forefront of dramas such as the earthquake.

Oh, yes: if you have diabetes, attention to sugar Easter eggs! ;-)

Simon

New techniques for Sunt Diabetes and subscription to the blog via email

It's time for new techniques for the blog Sunt Diabetes. There have been some computer work on the site, and others are still in progress: I apologize for any errors or problems presented to visitors. These services are experimental, so they may not work properly. In this regard, any report or comment is always welcome!

  • In costruzione

    An important innovation is the ability to subscribe to the blog via email, that the possibility of receiving a message for each new article published in order to keep up to date and not miss anything. To subscribe in this way, or for even more information regarding RSS feeds (which have now been upgraded), please visit the subscriptions or register .

  • When you insert a comment to an article you can now choose whether to be updated for each next to your comments, so you can be updated on the progress of the discussion and any replies to your comment: just check the box next to the module the comment.
  • Also new is the availability of the translation of the main site in different languages, as you can see in the sidebar, this is an automatic translation, so the results will not be optimal and are not fully under control.
  • You have activated a cache system, which should allow a much faster rate using the site.
  • The graphics of the sidebar has been revamped and optimized.
  • There is a new system of contacts by email, more efficient than the previous one.
  • It is now possible to perform a web search using Google engine, restricted to some sites specializing in diabetes, returning clear results and quality go to look for .

Other actions will include the creation of blogs and other services (including a wiki) Sunt.it on the network, plus there will be an update of the graphical theme of the blog.

As you can see the site's development blog is always open to offer a better service ...

The Editor of Diabetes Sunt