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May 31, 2007

What We’re Reading: Charges Against Doug Burns Dropped

Tara Dairman

Following up on an earlier "What We’re Reading" feature ("Hypoglycemia Mix-Up Leads to Arrest"), we’d like to direct your attention to this post at www.diabetesmine.com. The post announces that the case against current "Mr. Universe" Doug Burns has been dismissed. Mr. Burns, who has Type 1 diabetes, was involved in an altercation with police in April and was arrested after being mistaken for intoxicated when he was actually experiencing hypoglycemia, or low blood glucose.

The blog entry is written by Amy Tenderich, a writer with Type 1 diabetes.

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Tara,
You kind of missed how the community helped Doug out. See also:
http://blog.bitepr.com/2007/05/how_the_communi.html
Posted by AmyT of www.diabetesmine.com | May 31, 2007 at 8:27 pm
Unfortunately, there is a darker side to all this. See my latest post at
http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/06/when_things_get.html .

- AmyT
Posted by AmyT of www.diabetesmine.com | Jun 04, 2007 at 9:53 pm

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