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The month of May commemorates many things, including Memorial Day in the U.S., which is a Federally-observed, national holiday on the last Monday of May meant to honor all Americans who have died in all wars. In practice, however, Memorial Day weekend, which amounts to a three-day weekend for most

Back in December 2007, I wrote a blog post entitled "2007 Seasons Greetings from U.S. Congress!" where I shared some news that after many years of advocacy efforts and outright lobbying of lawmakers in Congress, U.S. lawmakers had finally put into policy that U.S. taxpayers must be able to access re

This week, a big news item within the diabetes online community was the official U.S. introduction of the iBGStar blood glucose meter – the one that plugs into an Apple iPhone.  If you hadn't heard the news, don't worry.  The news is interesting, but don't crack open the champagne bottle just yet.  

Back in August 2008, I wrote a post entitled "The Business of Diabetes: Are Amylin's Days Really Numbered?" in which I disclosed some early news about Mr. Icahn's acquisition of Amylin shares and what that might mean, or not mean. In my assessment, I didn't think it meant very much at the time. I

Once upon a time, when I was a kid, society made a bigger deal of St. Patrick's Day than a parade and an excuse to get drunk. For example, there was usually some kind of acknowledgment in the public school I attended (today, a day honoring a Catholic saint would probably be verboten, but back then

One of the things I pride myself on here at Scott's Web Log is that a visitor can visit virtually any post from years ago, and virtually all of the links contained in my old posts still work. I say most because keeping the links "alive" is no small task, especially since I've been blogging since 20