People Have No Idea What it Takes to Care for a Child with Diabetes
TuDiabetes “has helped me cope with my son’s diabetes more than anything else.” —Jacob’s mom (Amy) After Jacob was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in middle school his mom, Amy, found that the people...
View ArticleHelmsley Charitable Trust Continues Supporting DHF
CONTINUED SUPPORT FROM HELMSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST FUNDS DIABETES HANDS FOUNDATION EFFORT TO EXPAND ONLINE EDUCATIONAL TOOLS AND DEVELOP ADVOCACY RESOURCES Diabetes Hands Foundation positioned to become...
View ArticleThe Dawn of Shared Data
January 2014, wonderful news found its way to our inboxes about a project getting Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) funding. We are happy to share news that the team at Harvard...
View ArticleJoin the #DOC at #2014ADA
Diabetes Online Community Blazes New Trail at American Diabetes Association 74th Scientific Sessions Follow the discussion on Twitter at #DOCatADA SAN FRANCISCO: June 11, 2014 – Korey Hood, PhD and a...
View ArticleLa Diabetes Hands Foundation y HelpAround uniendo las personas tocadas por la...
Para nuestra comunidad de diabetes la tecnología ha venido a llenar muchos vacíos y a hacer de nuestras vidas un poco mas llevaderas. Eso mismo nos proporciona una nueva aplicación de...
View ArticleDHF Partners with HelpAround in an Effort to Connect People Touched by Diabetes
Leer en español Technology has the amazing ability to ease the stress associated with diabetes; It simply makes our lives a little more bearable. That’s why we are excited to announce DHFs...
View ArticleDiabetes entre los hispanos: no somos todos iguales
Traducido por Mila Ferrer. A menudo los Hispanos en Estados Unidos son retratados en la prensa como un solo grupo, monolítico. Pero cualquiera que haya pasado algún tiempo en el Mission District de...
View ArticleDiabetes Among Hispanics: We’re not all the same
US Hispanics are often portrayed in the press as a single, monolithic group. But anyone who has spent any time in San Francisco’s Mission District or the Bronx can tell you, we’re not all the same. Now...
View ArticleDHF receives $200,000 grant from Novo Nordisk
Grant given to support programs aimed at bringing together people touched by diabetes for positive change BERKELEY, CA: December 4, 2014 – Diabetes Hands Foundation (DHF) has received a grant of...
View ArticlePCORI Funds Investigation of Online Peer Support in Diabetes Treatment
Diabetes Hands Foundation will take part in a PCORI Tier 1 Pipeline to Proposal funded project aimed at examining the effect of online peer support in diabetes treatment. Called Comparative...
View ArticleCommunity Update: September
Autumn is just around the corner, and we have some really exciting things planned for the TuDiabetes community this Diabetes Awareness season! Re-engaging the art programs we were founded on, a series...
View ArticleEverybody Talks during #dPodcastWeek
A new event: Diabetes Podcast Week or #dPodcastWeek. Highlighting a dozen podcasts produced by people in the DOC, this event also promotes the annual Spare a Rose, Save a Child fundraising campaign in...
View ArticlePlease, #SpareARose and you’ll save a life
There are very few opportunities in this life to be truly heroic. Spare A Rose, Save A Child gives us just that—an opportunity to do something heroic. In the weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day...
View ArticleIt’s not goodbye… Emily is stepping down
August 3rd, 2011 was my very first day on the job at Diabetes Hands Foundation. I spent it in Las Vegas with the organization’s founder, Manny Hernandez, at the annual AADE conference. To say that I...
View ArticleLooking Forward to the UnConference
I’m going to the Diabetes UnConference in Las Vegas on March 9. What the heck IS that? Honestly, I have no clue. And I intend to keep it that way until I arrive Wednesday evening. I have no idea what...
View ArticleAwesomely Overwhelmed by this Community!
Last weekend, I walked into an afternoon session at the Taking Control Of Your Diabetes (TCOYD) in Sacramento, I was overwhelmed. The topic was us. DHF! Shining in a brilliant light. Star of the...
View ArticleReflections on the Diabetes UnConference
I had the honor and pleasure to attend the Diabetes UnConference in Las Vegas last weekend. This was hosted by Christel Marchand Aprigliano, the CEO of The Diabetes Collective. I was surrounded by my...
View ArticleWhat is happening on EsTuDiabetes?
Diabetes Hands Foundation’s mission is to provide social support, information and help to create a sense of belonging among people living with diabetes and their loved ones. This means that any person...
View Article¿Qué está pasando en EsTuDiabetes?
La Diabetes Hands Foundation tiene como misión proveer apoyo social, información y ayudar en la creación de sentido de pertenencia entre quienes viven con diabetes y sus seres queridos. Esto quiere...
View ArticleWhat TuDiabetes members are saying about UHC/Medtronic decision
Summary: “UnitedHealthcare has reached an agreement with Medtronic to become the preferred, in-network durable medical equipment (DME) provider of insulin pumps for UnitedHealthcare Community Plan...
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