Year: 2013
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Artificial Pancreas
An Artificial Pancreas that Can Handle Exercise?
Researchers have received an NIH grant to develop an AP that can predict insulin levels during physical exertion.
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Cure Insight
Ending the A1C Blame Game
When a diabetes researcher wears a glucose sensor, she is reminded that diabetes is mainly physiological.
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Columns
Forward Motion: Shortsighted Test-Strip Rationing
To save money, an Oregon health board limits test strips for a state health plan. Andy Holder worries about the…
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Complications
Will Foot Ulcer Treatment Survive Medicare Rollback?
An advanced wound care treatment will be reimbursed at a drastically reduced rate.
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Cure Insight
Can We Teach an Old Pancreas New Tricks?
Researchers find that most people with T1 diabetes still produce a low level of insulin.
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Columns
The Great Pump Switch
A mother of an active 7-year-old with T1 weighs the pros and cons of the MiniMed Revel and the OmniPod…
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Hypoglycemia
Asymptomatic Hypoglycemia, a Silent Killer
Hypoglycemia is scary enough without the prospect of a silent low. Here’s what you can do about it.
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Research
A BG Breathalyzer?
Western New England University researchers announce they have created a device that detects acetone levels on the breath of people…
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Columns
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Meters & CGMs
Abbott Recalls Test Strips
The company warns that some of its test strips could give inaccurately low BG readings.
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Living
Confronting the Diabetes Epidemic – with Tom Daschle
1 in 8 health-care dollars in the U.S. is spent on diabetes care. Tom Daschle says we must do more…
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Treatment
A Facebook for Diabetes Health Data?
PatientsLikeMe encourages people with diabetes and others with chronic conditions to share their health experiences online.
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Medicine/Drugs
Skin Drug Reduces Need for Insulin
Researchers find alefacept helps people with T1 diabetes maintain insulin production.
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Columns
Happy to Be Feeling the Low?
Even with the newest diabetes tech equipment, lows happen. Andy Holder shares how he arrived at a BG reading of…
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Cure Insight
The Mouse Trap
We’ve gotten good at curing diabetes in mice. Where’s the cure for humans?
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Research
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Living
Feeling Blue About World Diabetes Day
What if you threw a diabetes awareness month and no one came?
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Medicine/Drugs
Unlocking the Basal Mystery
We all know about bolus, but do you know how basal insulin works? Here’s the inside story.
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Research
Wireless Glucometer Hits the Shelves
iHealth touts its new BGM as a sleek companion to smartphone technology.
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Hypoglycemia
A User-Friendly Glucagon Kit?
Glucagon kits can prove too cumbersome in a crisis. Now there’s hope of an easy-to-use glucagon pen on the horizon.
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