Alliance Health Creates Premier Social Networking Web Site for People Living with Diabetes - Diabetic Connect Provides Community, Care Options and Promotes Conversation.Award-winning Diabetes Blogger (1) A person who writes Weblogs. See blog. (2) (Blogger) A Web site launched in 1999 from Pyra Labs, San Francisco, CA (www.blogger.com) that provides the tools for creating blogs (Weblogs). Amy Tenderich Joins as Community Manager to Share Insights and Guide Member Dialogue SALT LAKE CITY -- Alliance Health Networks, a leading online consumer health company, today launched DiabeticConnect.com, the first comprehensive and full service social-networking site dedicated to serving the needs of people living with diabetes and connecting them to others who share their lifestyle and daily challenges. Diabetic Connect is a social utility built on a proprietary platform, which enables the sharing of product recommendations, treatment advice and providing support to people who live with diabetes. More than 20 million people in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. live with diabetes and diabetes-related conditions. Diabetic Connect: Support and Information to Live a Long Healthy Life with Diabetes * Trusted Community Managers: Internationally known diabetes blogger, Amy Tenderich, and diabetes nutrition researcher, Toma Grubb, manage community discussions on all topics that impact members and the diabetic lifestyle. * Valued Connections with Friends with Diabetes: Diabetic Connect is a private forum for meeting, sharing, supporting, understanding and learning from others who live with diabetes. * Healthy Recipes and Nutrition Information: Enjoying the right foods is a daily concern for people living with diabetes. Diabetic Connect offers hundreds of tasty tast·y adj. tast·i·er, tast·i·est 1. Having a pleasing flavor; savory. 2. Having or showing good taste; tasteful. tast , healthy recipes that everyone can easily prepare on their own. * Relevant Product Reviews, News, Discussions, Videos and More: Diabetic Connect is built on the shared knowledge and experiences of the community. Members may participate in discussions on medications, devices and treatments that work best, in addition to uploading, viewing or commenting on the latest diabetes news, videos and recommendations. * Savings and Solutions for People Living with Diabetes: Diabetic Connect members have opportunities to receive more information on savings and special offers on a variety of diabetes products. There are no banner ads A graphic image used on Web sites to advertise a product or service. Banner ads come in numerous sizes, but are often rectangles 460 pixels wide by 60 pixels high. Also 460 x 55 and 392 x 72 sizes are commonly used. on Diabetic Connect, giving members the freedom to opt-in for any products and services that interest them. "I discovered that I had Type 1 diabetes type 1 diabetes n. See diabetes mellitus. when I was 37, yet there were limited resources for connecting with others and learning about their experiences," said Amy Tenderich, Community Manager of Diabetic Connect and owner of the influential blog, DiabetesMine.com. "Through Diabetic Connect, I'm proud to help other people with diabetes as well as caregivers find valuable and relevant information to help manage this disease." "Diabetic Connect is a breakthrough service for people with diabetes since it serves as both a destination for information needs, and an online community that grows and extends each member's support network," said Stead stead n. 1. The place, position, or function properly or customarily occupied by another. 2. Advantage; service; purpose: "His personal relationship with the electorate stands in good stead" Burwell, Alliance Health's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Diabetic Connect represents the future of patient-driven healthcare and how health information is shared online, since it's a focused social networking site A Web site that provides a virtual community for people interested in a particular subject or just to "hang out" together. Members create their own online "profile" with biographical data, pictures, likes, dislikes and any other information they choose to post. that gives individuals powerful and engaging connections that enrich and support their lives." People living with diabetes, along with caregivers, friends and family members, and health professionals, may join Diabetic Connect and create their privacy-protected profiles at http://www.diabeticconnect.com. About Alliance Health Alliance Health is changing the way individuals experience health online through consumer-driven experiences and personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. connections to relevant information. Alliance Health builds communities that empower empower verb To encourage or provide a person with the means or information to become involved in solving his/her own problems individuals with rich features and permission-driven advertising services. An early pioneer in helping consumers find solutions online for their specific healthcare conditions, Alliance Health matches health marketers to highly engaged consumers. Founded in 2002, the privately-held company is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah For ships of the United States Navy of the same name, see . Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake, or its initials, S.L.C. . For more information, visit the Alliance Health Web site at www.alliancehealth.com. |
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