Month: May 2014
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Treatment
The T1 Treatment Roundup: June 2014
Better basal insulin, neuropathy detectors, cat CGMs, and more.
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Medicine/Drugs
An Endocrinologist’s Frustration with Insulin Therapy
A diabetes doctor confronts the limits to what she can do to help her patients.
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Medicine/Drugs
Protesting Ontario Test Strip Restrictions
Columnist Alyssa Tangerine details how a government policy curbing test strip reimbursement can hurt people with diabetes.
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Columns
Bad Behavior or Blood Sugar Swings?
A mother shares her struggles to know when to discipline and when to test her child with T1.
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Living
A Type 1 Thespian: Catching up with Austin Basis
The Beauty and the Beast star talks with Insulin Nation on acting with apple juice, JDRF fundraising, and his competitive…
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Columns
I’m Glad My Mom Got on My Case About My Type 1 Diabetes
In an excerpt from Balancing Diabetes, Kerri Sparling recalls butting heads with her mom over blood glucose control.
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Medicine/Drugs
Is Glucagon Ready for Primetime?
A pharmaceutical company hints it has created a room-temperature liquid glucagon that performs as well as powdered glucagon.
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Columns
Worth His Weight in Gold
T1 cyclist Mari Ruddy relies on Paralympic gold medalist Chris Klebl for inspiration.
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Living
5 Trendy Diets and T1
Get the inside scoop on how veganism, macrobiotics, paleo, and raw foodism can affect your blood glucose.
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Artificial Pancreas
Teens Try Artificial Pancreases at Home
Best of 2014 - #3: Teens are getting to try the artificial pancreas. What are the odds they make fewer…
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Pumps
Insulin Pumps Keep Pitchers in the Game
Two Toronto Blue Jays pitchers with T1 wear pumps on the mound.
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Living
Rate of Kids with T1 Climbing Rapidly
Type 1 diabetes is no longer a “rare” disease, yet the news of higher T1 rates is greeted with a…
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Living
Diabetes Advocacy 101
A guide on how to talk to lawmakers about the needs of the diabetes community.
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Medicine/Drugs
Insulin Pen Misuse At Hospitals
Thousands of people with diabetes have been exposed to bloodborne pathogens. How can we prevent it?
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Pumps
Infusion Sets: The Power of Choice
A new pump user gets pushed into an infusion set that doesn’t work for her. Only later does she learn…
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