Category Archives: Diabetes By The Numbers

Diabetes By The Numbers: Mindy Bartleson.

August 28, 2017 – 9:18 am

Mindy Bartleson is accomplished. I don’t think that’s overstating it. What’s really amazing is how accomplished she is at only 24 years of age.

Mindy lives with a number of chronic conditions, diabetes being one of them, and we talk about them here. Many people remember her from her previous work at College Diabetes Network. She has a really super blog. Her writing has been featured on numerous websites.

And now, she’s written a book.

We talk about the book, about what it’s like to live with so many things and go to college and write a blog and write a book too.

This interview is being aired in conjunction with the kickstarter campaign designed to help Mindy get her book published. CLICK HERE to contribute… the end result will be well worth it.

Here’s a pretty revealing look at one of nicest people you’ll ever get to know.

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Help Mindy publish her book! To donate to Mindy’s Kickstarter campaign,
CLICK HERE.

Mindy’s blog is titled There’s More To The Story, and you can find it here:
blogMoreToTheStory.com

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Diabetes By The Numbers: Tidepool’s Big Data Donation Project.

June 7, 2017 – 9:18 am

Truth be told, I look to Christopher Snider as the gold standard for quality diabetes interviews and podcasts. I’ve wanted him on this podcast for some time.

Now, with that out of the way, let me tell you why Christopher was part of the podcast this week. He has a new role, as Community Manager at Tidepool.

Tidepool is a terrific nonprofit organization that helps provide a free, open platform where people with diabetes, doctors, researchers, and others can either upload or view diabetes data. Christopher explains it way better than I do, so I will encourage you to listen for that.

We spend a good amount of time talking about Tidepool’s recently announced Big Data Donation Project. Tidepool has agreed to donate ten percent of any fees they receive for selling your de-identified data to researchers. The money will go to one of eight diabetes nonprofits that you probably know well. Christopher explains it way better than I do, so I will encourage you to listen for that too.

There’s also a vague reference to Odin, the Norse god.

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Christopher Snider is Community Manager at Tidepool:
Tidepool.org

To find out more about Tidepool’s Big Data Donation Project, go to:
Tidepool.org/BigData

Christopher Snider is host of two amazing podcasts:
Just Talking Podcast
Mark All That Apply

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Diabetes By The Numbers: March for Health (part 2)

March 29, 2017 – 9:14 am

How do you do two interviews on the same subject on different days within the same week? It helps if something big happens on one of the days in between interviews.

“Everything in my life, every decision I’ve made throughout my life, has always been framed around, ‘Will I be able to get health insurance?’.”

In part two of my discussions with leaders of the March for Health, the wonderful organizer of the Nashville march, Cara Richardson explains perfectly why, even though the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives pulled his “repeal and replace” healthcare legislation from consideration last Friday, there is still a need for a March. She explains exactly why access to care and spreading knowledge of patient’s rights are such an important part of her life.

Trust me… this will be well worth your time.

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Cara Richardson is organizer for the March for Health in Public Square Park, Nashville Tennessee, Saturday, April 1st at 11:00 a.m. To find out all about March for Health Nashville, or to find another city where you can march; or to help support March for Health with a donation, go to:
MarchForHealth.org

March for Health still needs volunteers who can help with everything from e-mails to fundraising to setup & cleanup. To become a March for Health volunteer, email:
volunteer@marchforhealth.org

Cara writes about her life with diabetes at the blog Every Day, Every Hour, Every Minute:
countrygirldiabetic.blogspot.com

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Diabetes By The Numbers: March for Health (part 1)

March 27, 2017 – 9:08 am

Wow. What a turn of events. Last Thursday, when Leyla Mansour-Cole and I recorded this interview, we were less than 24 hours away from the unexpected move of the Speaker of the House of Representatives pulling the Republican’s “repeal and replace” health care legislation from consideration.

Still, there is a lot left to debate when it comes to health care in America. And that’s why people all over the country will be participating in the March for Health Saturday, April 1. So many of us are affected by the way care, drugs, and medical technology are delivered in this country. That’s a lot of what we’ll be talking about in this episode.

And don’t forget to listen to Wednesday’s companion interview on March for Health with Cara Richardson. Together, these two are the model of what happens when you see an important issue and throw yourself head first into the discussion, making a huge, positive impact.

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Leyla Mansour-Cole is National and Washington, D.C. coordinator for the March for Health, Saturday, April 1st. To find a city where you can march, or to help support March for Health with a donation, go to:
MarchForHealth.org

March for Health still needs volunteers who can help with everything from e-mails to fundraising to setup & cleanup. To become a March for Health volunteer, email:
volunteer@marchforhealth.org

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It’s Diabetes Podcast Week! Diabetes By The Numbers presents: Karen Graffeo and Diabetes Sisters Voices

February 8, 2017 – 9:22 am

Hello, and welcome to my little part of Diabetes Podcast Week.
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This week, eleven diabetes podcasters and video bloggers are taking part in a week-long diabetes information-fest, and centering once again on the Spare A Rose, Save A Child campaign. So listen to this episode, then use the giving link to make your donation and save the life of a child living in a developing country who is also living with diabetes. More information on Spare A Rose, Save A Child is at the beginning of this episode, and there’s an additional link below.

My guest for this episode is one of my best friends in the world, Karen Graffeo. But that’s not why you should listen to our conversation. You should listen because Karen, in addition to leading Diabetes Sisters’ Virtual PODS (Part Of Diabetes Sisters) group, is helping to lead Diabetes Sisters Voices, a collaboration between Diabetes Sisters, the Johns Hopkins University, the University of North Carolina, TrustNetMD, and the Diabetes Sisters stakeholder advisory board of women and diabetes advocates.

If you’re a woman living with diabetes, there is an easy way for you to participate in this groundbreaking research, and Karen is going to tell you all about it. There’s also a link below. I think I also may have inadvertently convinced Karen to reprise Diabetes Blog Week this spring:) I hope so.
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Are you a woman living with diabetes? Find out more and participate in Diabetes Sisters Voices research:
DiabetesSistersVoices.org

Help save the life of a child by using the giving link and donating to Spare A Rose, Save A Child:
LifeForAChildUSA.org/SpareARose

Thanks to Stacey Simms for coordinating Diabetes Podcast Week again. Find out about Diabetes Podcast Week and meet each podcaster by going to:
StaceySimms.com

Karen Graffeo writes about her life with diabetes, and hosts Diabetes Blog Week at:
BitterSweetDiabetes.com

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