Month: October 2013
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Columns
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Pumps
Study: Smart Pumps Prevent Hypos
An Australian study finds that T1 users on smart pumps enjoy four times fewer bouts of hypoglycemia.
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Cure Insight
Is a T1 Vaccine Coming Soon?
Finnish researchers say they’ve found the virus that causes T1 diabetes.
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Pumps
FDA Warns Medtronic of Paradigm Pump Problems
Feds warn Medtronic about inferior manufacturing practices for the pump.
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Pumps
Tandem and the Future of Pumps
Can Tandem's User-Friendly t:slim Make Pumping Insulin The Therapy of Choice?
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Living
Children: the T1 Key to Longevity?
A Finnish study finds parenthood lowers T1 mortality rates.
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Living
Hypo-in-Chief? – President Saves Pregnant T1 Woman from Fainting
President Obama takes diabetes care into his own hands during a speech.
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Columns
When You Find Sorority Sisters with Type 1 Diabetes
Starting college with diabetes can be a scary experience, unless you’ve got a T1 crew by your side.
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Treatment
Pancreas Cells Grown in 3-D
Scientists grow 40,000 pancreatic cells in a week using a 3-D structure.
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Columns
Becoming a Type 1 Prepper
Learning the hard way that being T1D means you should always be prepared.
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Medicine/Drugs
Daily Pill May Help T1s Lower A1c and Reduce Insulin Use
A new study finds dapagliflozin might help lower A1c levels when insulin alone isn’t cutting it.
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Living
Pitbull Saves Child from Hypoglycemia
Evidence continues to mount that dogs can sniff out hypoglycemic episodes.
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Living
Insulin Nation’s “Iron Andy” Holder and Chris Leach Featured in T1 Conference
The two share insight on research and inspiration for the T1 community.
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Cure Insight
Sleeping Betas Get a Wakeup Call
An autoimmune response by unregulated T-lymphocytes kills insulin-producing beta cells. New research with low-dose IL-2 therapy shows promise in rebalancing…
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Columns
Trick or Treating is Complicated, But Not Impossible, with Type 1 Diabetes
A mother of a child with Type 1 discusses how she navigates trick-or-treating.
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Artificial Pancreas
Artificial Pancreas: What’s in a Name?
When news reports announced FDA approval of an "artificial pancreas", some in the diabetes community cried foul. The news has…
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Columns
When Inspiration Needs Support
As T1 Triathlete “Iron” Andy Holder demonstrates in his latest column, accepting support from friends and family sometimes can be…
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Hypoglycemia
Study Finds Dogs Prevent Hypoglycemic Events
Researchers find that dogs can sniff out low blood sugar in people with diabetes and prevent some cases of severe…
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Treatment
Medtronic’s “Artificial Pancreas” Gains FDA Approval
Medtronic’s launch of the MiniMed 530g marks a significant milestone on the road to a fully-automated closed loop artificial pancreas.
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