Diabetes online community contest opens

Diabetes online community contest opens

Online diabetes community DiabetesMine announced the opening of its 2009 DiabetesMine Design Challenge, a competition created to promote innovation and encourage new tools to improve the lives of diabetics. The Web-based competition is underwritten by the California HealthCare Foundation and endorsed by Medgadget.com, the Internet journal of emerging medical technologies. The grand prize is $10,000, with total prizes awarded equaling $17,000. Sanofi-aventis advertises its drug Apidra on diabetesmine.com.