Month: August 2013
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Medicine/Drugs
Medicare Needs to Do More to Cut Test Strip Overbilling
The Medicare program needs to do more to prevent questionable billing for diabetes test strips, according to a new report.…
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Cure Insight
Good News, Bad News: TrialNet’s Bittersweet World
96% of children in T1 families lack the antibodies that predict they will develop Type 1 diabetes. TrialNet provides peace…
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Pumps
Insulin Pump Beats Injections for Children with Type 1
A 7-year study of close to 700 children finds that children who get their insulin by pump have better blood…
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Treatment
40% of Type 1 Adults Have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Tiredness can seem like a chronic condition when managing Type 1 diabetes, but a new study finds Type 1s are…
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Medicine/Drugs
Afrezza Enters the Home Stretch…Again
Could a new insulin inhaler be approved for 2014? An FDA decision on Afrezza is expected in the coming months.
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Medicine/Drugs
Insulin Costs Spike Upward; Will Generics Help?
The biggest suppliers of insulin have raised the prices of the drug again.
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Medicine/Drugs
The Connection Between Glowing Bunnies and Diabetes Research
Researchers have spliced a jellyfish gene into rabbit DNA to make glow-in-the-dark bunnies. It’s an advance that has implications for…
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Meters & CGMs
Better Math, Smarter Meters
With insurance reimbursements for test strips slashed, meter makers may be able to increase their market share by delivering more…
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Cure Insight
Study Seeks Environmental Factors to Type 1 Diabetes
Australian researchers want to interview 1400 mothers to see if lifestyle and diet might affect rates of Type 1 diabetes…
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Medicine/Drugs
Court Rules in Favor of California Schools on Insulin Shots
Children with diabetes in California will have an easier time getting insulin injections at school this fall, thanks to a…
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Living
People with Diabetes in the NFL for the 2013-2014 Season
These NFL players prove that diabetes needn’t hold you back. Read about three PWD football players to follow during training…
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Medicine/Drugs
Zombie Drug May Help Type 1 Kids
Researchers have found promise in a Type 1 diabetes drug that was left for dead in 2010.
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Treatment
Reimbursement Changes Rattle Diabetes Medical Industry
The U.S. government has changed the way it reimburses for many diabetes supplies. Will this spark innovation or crisis in…
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Meters & CGMs
Strip Recall Could Strengthen Calls For More FDA Oversight
The FDA announces Nova Diabetes Care is recalling 62 million glucose test strips. Could this recall have been prevented by…
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Meters & CGMs
Test Strip Accuracy: Blood In, Garbage Out?
Meter accuracy is critical to good diabetes care, and, right now, procedures don’t exist for measuring accuracy after the FDA…
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