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 Amy Tenderich Joins as Community
Manager to Share Insights and Guide Member Dialogue
SALT LAKE CITY (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) June 3, 2008 --
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 live with diabetes and
diabetes-related conditions.
Diabetic Connect: Support and Information to Live a Long Healthy Life
with Diabetes
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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.
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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.
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Healthy Recipes and Nutrition Information: Enjoying the right
foods is a daily concern for people living with diabetes. Diabetic
Connect offers hundreds of tasty, healthy recipes that everyone can
easily prepare on their own.
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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.
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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 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 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 Burwell, Alliance Health’s CEO. “Diabetic
Connect represents the future of patient-driven healthcare and how
health information is shared online, since it’s
a focused social networking site 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 connections to
relevant information. Alliance Health builds communities that empower
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
more information, visit the Alliance Health Web site at www.alliancehealth.com.
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