tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16774010.post2716268497964476840..comments2024-01-25T17:58:34.297-05:00Comments on Scott's Web Log: Media Spin on Diabetes Knows No BoundsScott Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03286529314567223617noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16774010.post-60550390033801234212007-09-19T08:40:00.000-04:002007-09-19T08:40:00.000-04:00Scott,Thank you for posting the World Diabetes Day...Scott,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for posting the World Diabetes Day banner. We here at IDF could not be more appreciative of your support. <BR/><BR/>Also, here's a news update as we are 56 days from World Diabetes Day, in case you are interested:<BR/>*A Monumental Challenge – Global monuments to light up in blue<BR/>-----------------------------------<BR/>This year we are asking every city, town and village to acknowledge World diabetes Day and recognize diabetes as “a chronic, debilitating and costly disease associated with severe complications, which poses severe risks for families.”<BR/><BR/>We need monuments of local and national importance – from the village hall to the tallest tower – to light up in the color blue of the UN flag (Pantone 279 or as near as possible). <BR/><BR/>Among the monuments involved, we can count the Empire State Building in New York, the Citadel and Library in Alexandria, the Blue Mosque in Turkey and the London Eye. An up-to-date list of the buildings that have thus far agreed or declined to join the celebrations can be found on the World Diabetes Day website. <BR/><BR/>We need your help in adding monuments to the list. Let us know the monuments you are pursuing and those that have declined.<BR/><BR/>http://www.worlddiabetesday.org/bluemonuments<BR/><BR/>Thanks for all you have already done,<BR/>Stephanie Tanner<BR/>IDF - Communications AssistantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16774010.post-25669339778424990842007-09-05T06:39:00.000-04:002007-09-05T06:39:00.000-04:00Scott,You post some interesting blogs on diabetes,...Scott,<BR/><BR/>You post some interesting blogs on diabetes, and I was wondering if you would be interested in working with us, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF).<BR/><BR/>We are in the midst of our preparations for the first UN-observed World Diabetes Day (www.worlddiabetesday.org) on 14 November this year, and I wanted to ask you if you would like to help us to spread awareness of this worldwide event and the theme we have chosen for it this year - Diabetes in Children and Adolescents. <BR/><BR/>It is estimated that over 200 children develop type 1 diabetes every day and there's no question that the disease often hits disadvantaged communities the hardest, and that children in the developing world can die because their parents are unable to afford medication. In many countries diabetes is still considered an adult disease and as a result can be diagnosed late with severe consequences, including death. Even after diagnosis many children experience poor control and develop complications early. <BR/><BR/>This is why one of our key objectives for World Diabetes Day this year is to double the number of children covered by the Life for a Child Program - http://www.worlddiabetesday.org/go/wdd-2007/life-for-a-child. We also want to encourage initiatives that can help to reduce diabetic ketoacidosis (diabetic coma) and to promote the sort of healthy lifestyles which can prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes in children. <BR/><BR/>A version of the diabetes circle, the icon we used for our Unite for Diabetes campaign http://www.unitefordiabetes.org/ has now been adopted for World Diabetes Day and we have produced a number of web banners that you can view and download here http://banners.worlddiabetesday.org<BR/><BR/>The way in which you can help us spread awareness of World Diabetes Day is to add one of the banners to your own blog, which we would really appreciate.<BR/><BR/>The UN's World Diabetes Day Resolution (61/225) was really just the first goal of an ambitious campaign that we have been leading. This is the first time a non-communicable disease has been recognised as a serious threat to global public health and we are hoping now to further raise awareness globally of the disease that is predicted to contribute to 6% of the world’s mortality in 2007.<BR/><BR/>If you would like to know more about the UN Resolution and our plans for World Diabetes Day this year, just drop me a line and I will get back to you with more information. <BR/><BR/>Thanks,<BR/>Stephanie Tanner<BR/>IDF - Communications AssistantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16774010.post-74964490134319309482007-08-26T00:26:00.000-04:002007-08-26T00:26:00.000-04:00Could it be that the reason the research dollars i...Could it be that the reason the research dollars into "prevention" have fallen to a record low level is that it's simply another case of pharmaceutical companies spending much more money on advertising than research, and their influence over the FDA to control and attack ANYTHING "PREVENTIVE"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16774010.post-75011395104760051372007-08-24T14:16:00.000-04:002007-08-24T14:16:00.000-04:00I would presume so, but the point is that the grow...I would presume so, but the point is that the growth rate was virtually the same for the 14 years between 1988 and 2002, suggesting that the sudden "epidemic" may be due more to their inability to compute a rate of change than significant growth.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, the incidence of T1DM is also growing in the U.S. and abroad, and the rate of increase has grown as well, but somehow that gets lost in these exaggerated reports about the severity of the world's obesity epidemic. The 5-10% estimate figure that gets cited all the time is likely to be at the higher end of the scale, and yet research dollars into "prevention" have actually fallen to a record low level. Am I missing something here?Scott Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03286529314567223617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16774010.post-62827778363375562242007-08-24T14:04:00.000-04:002007-08-24T14:04:00.000-04:00This increase in Diabetes reported is being referr...This increase in Diabetes reported is being referred to IRD(aka Type to Diabetes) and not the other Disease called T1DM, or Type 1 for short?BetterCellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667917240368089110noreply@blogger.com