by Ron Barak | Dec 15, 2016
I’m sure you’ve heard that less is more. Not only can that refer to the brevity of this blog, but if you read on you will see that it can also refer to the subject matter of this blog. The American Diabetes Association recently released a position statement with new...
by Ron Barak | Oct 13, 2016
Last May, The Wife and I attended a luncheon hosted by mom and daughter Barbara and Dana Davis to kick off their 2016 Children’s Diabetes Foundation’s annual Carousel of Hope fundraising black tie dinner affair benefitting children’s diabetes research, a cause that...
by Ron Barak | May 19, 2016
Barbara and Dana Davis, mother and daughter, are the heart and soul of the Children’s Diabetes Foundation. They are simply incredible. Through CDF, they have raised over $100 million to fund the Barbara Davis Center in search of a cure for diabetes. They’re not done...
by Ron Barak | Mar 24, 2016
According to a just published UCLA research study, more than one out of every two adults in California today is either “diabetic” or “pre-diabetic.” Are you a member of the new majority? Hopefully not, but—depending on your genes and your habits—the odds might just be...
by Ron Barak | Feb 9, 2016
Editor’s Note: I don’t usually use tables in my blogs, but the one below came with the news piece I was reviewing and it offered a good capsule summary and was easy to incorporate. Only one problem: It’s not very user friendly for someone viewing the...
by Ron Barak | Oct 30, 2015
Editor’s Note: diaTribe is a program of The diaTribe Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to improving the lives of people living with diabetes and prediabetes. diaTribe is passionate about diabetes – understanding it, writing about it, and managing...
