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dLife is the first integrated media network for people living with diabetes, their families, and those at risk of developing diabetes. dLife was established to address the overwhelming consumer need for real, practical solutions to the 24/7 challenge of managing diabetes vs. episodic clinical treatment. Since its inception in 2004, dLife has become a platform to inform, inspire, and connect with millions of diabetes patients, consumers, and caregivers. The dLife Media Network includes a comprehensive offering of award winning television, online diabetes community, direct mail, mobile access, and radio reaching more than 1.5 million people living with diabetes every month.
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dLife.com
dLife.com features over 70,000 pages of original lifestyle content and diabetes information including over 400 videos, and 9,000 recipes. The dLife Community allows thousands to share stories, exchange ideas, and support each other. Direct on-site Q&A allows users to search previously asked diabetes questions for immediate answers, post a new question, or get answers from an expert panel that covers dozens of diabetes related categories, along with input from the dLife Community. There are over 19 active forums for people to participate in, and the Blogabetes section of the site provides a place for people to blog about their experiences. Members can also purchase diabetes management supplies from the dLife Store on the website.
dLifeTV
dLifeTV is a half hour long American weekly lifestyle television series airing every Sunday on CNBC at 7:00 p.m ET (4:00 p.m. PT). The show, which started airing in 2005, is the first and only TV series dedicated to people living with diabetes and those who care for them.
Show format
dLifeTV is hosted by Benno Schmidt, along with co-hosts Jim Turner and Mother Love, who both live with diabetes. Looking at diabetes as a lifestyle rather than a disease, dLife features a wide variety of segments which inspire and connect the diabetes community.
Regular segments include the dLife Kitchen, featuring a diabetes-friendly recipe with chef Michel Nischan, and segments of real people who live with diabetes. In addition, there are segments discussing advancements in diabetes research, fitness and health and new diabetes products and therapies on the market. dLife also regularly has special guests, many of whom are celebrities in sports, politics or entertainment, to come on and discuss how they deal with diabetes.
Celebrity appearances
Among the guests who have appeared are:
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- Billy Mills, Olympic gold medalist
- Dr. Nat Strand, winner of The Amazing Race
- Brandon Morrow, Major League Baseball player
- Crystal Bowersox, American Idol contestant
- Toby Petersen, National Hockey League player
- Dmitri Young, Major League Baseball player
- Chris Matthews, host of Hardball with Chris Matthews
- Nick Jonas, lead singer/guitarist for the Jonas Brothers
- Jerry Mathers, actor (Leave it to Beaver)
- Delta Burke, actress (Designing Women), Miss Florida, Miss USA
- Jerry Stackhouse, NBA player, Dallas Mavericks
- Bill Brown, basketball coach
- Eric Chopin, contestant, The Biggest Loser
- Darren Brass, tattoo artist, star of Miami Ink
- Will Cross, mountain climber
- Mike Huckabee, Arkansas governor
- Gary Hall, Jr., Olympic swimmer
- Aida Turturro, actress (The Sopranos)
- Dorian Gregory, actor (Baywatch Nights, The Other Half, Charmed)
- Patti LaBelle, soul singer
- Don Francisco, host of Sábado Gigante
- Damon Dash, entrepreneur, co-founder of Roc-a-Fella Records
- Jason Johnson, Major League Baseball player
- Bret Michaels, singer, Poison
- Elaine Stritch, comedian, actress
- Ron Santo, former Major League Baseball player
- Phife Dawg, rapper, A Tribe Called Quest
- Joe Frazier, boxer
- B.B. King, blues musician
- Kevin Covais, American Idol contestant
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External links
Categories:- Diabetes
- 2005 American television series debuts
- CNBC programs
- American television talk shows
- Health information television series
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