Year: 2015
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Treatment
Can I Use the Back-of-the-Fridge Insulin?
A certified diabetes educator weighs in on the wisdom of using a forgotten vial of insulin.
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Treatment
10 Big Deals in Type 1 Treatment in 2015
We run down our picks for the biggest news stories in diabetes research and treatment.
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Living
6 New Year Diabetes Memes
Viewing these memes is like going to a New Year’s party...except without food, a crowd, or a kiss. Okay, it’s…
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Living
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Living
Another Diabetes Crossword Puzzle
All the clues are based on Type 1 terminology and diabetes news.
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Living
The 2015 Type 1 Naughty and Nice List
Stuffing the stockings for 10 positive and negative diabetes events that happened in the past year.
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Living
Another Type 1 Holiday Tune
A reader gives a high-carb spin in his parody to the tune “Here Comes Santa Claus”.
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Treatment
A Type 1 Family Gets a Diabetes Alert Dog
Read about one family’s journey for a canine CGM in the new memoir - “Elle & Coach”.
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Treatment
Ohio Bill to Safeguard Insulin Access Passes
Ohio pharmacists will be allowed to fill expired insulin prescriptions in certain circumstances.
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Living
What if the School Nurse is Busy?
The family of a 10-year-old with Type 1 wants his sister to help with his diabetes care in school, but…
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Living
The Patchwork Problem of School Diabetes Care
Whereas in Washington, a child with Type 1 is barred from school, in Maine he is embraced by a school…
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Are Schools Required to Provide Diabetes Care?
A look at the unsettled law surrounding children with Type 1 diabetes and school diabetes care.
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Living
How to Make Canadian Schools Diabetes-Safe
An Ontario diabetes advocate suggests seven changes based on her family’s experience navigating the public school system.
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Living
6 Diabetes Holiday Memes
...to get you through the next big family gathering this month.
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Treatment
“Help! There’s a Lump Where I Inject Insulin”
It might be a sign of lipohypertrophy, a condition that affects insulin absorption.
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Living
3 Diabetes Dating Sites – A Review
An irreverent look at online dating for those who know their way around insulin.
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Living
The Nude Diabetes Calendar is Back
The second annual T1D Exposed Nude Diabetes Advocacy Calendar launches in time for the holiday season.
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Living
A Love Letter During a Blood Sugar Swing
Paul Cathcart describes to his love what it’s like to communicate during a high or low, and asks for understanding.
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Living
How to Get Fired with Diabetes
Paul Cathcart describes what it feels like to be pushed out of a job by an insidious HR department.
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Living
Diabetes Makes a Cameo in The Walking Dead
Insulin becomes a major plot point in a recent episode of the zombie-filled show.
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