Month: November 2013
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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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Complications
Elevated BG and Dementia: What’s the Risk?
Two studies point to a link between elevated BG and cognitive decline, but is the news as bad as it…
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Columns
A Type 1 School Lunch Takes a Village
Columnist Sandra Henderson shares how a team of school officials make sure her T1 daughter eats well at school.
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Medicine/Drugs
