Archive for the ‘Health’ Category

How I was diagnosed with Diabetes

Three years ago today I ended up in hospital and was diagnosed with Diabetes, Type 1 insulin dependant. Here is my story (taken from an old version of my website): Tuesday 30th January 2007 At the weekend mum had sent me a text message to see if I would come and take a look at [...]

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Making positive change for those with Type 1 Diabetes

A while ago I blogged about Hope for a cure for Type 1 Diabetes. I had some positive comments from readers (thanks guys & galls). I recieved a response from the email I sent to The Faustman Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital it read: “Hi Antony, I apologize for the delay in response, our clinical [...]

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Nursing to become a Degree only Profession

In the News a few weeks ago (see BBC News – Nursing to become graduate entry) it was announced that Nurses from 2013 will only be able to train at Degree level. I have mixed feelings about this. I am proud to be a Nurse. I orignally trained as a Diploma student purely for financial [...]

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Hope for a cure for Type 1 Diabetes

I have come across hope for a cure for Type 1 Diabetes. Below is a rather lenghtly video interviewing Dr. Faustman (from The Faustman Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital). Interview: Type 1 Diabetes Cure Trial from David Edelman on Vimeo. (Video from: http://www.diabetesdaily.com/edelman/2008/09/diabetes-cure.php, last accessed: 13th September 09) I learned a lot watching this video [...]

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