Month: January 2015
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Columns
The Newly Diagnosed Vacation
A woman with Type 1 grapples with the newness of treating her diabetes while on a tour of Italy.
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Living
Inserting Type 1 Diabetes into Literature
We rewrite some modern-day classics to bring diabetes into the plot.
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Living
What if Type 1 Was the Norm?
In this video, we flip the script and make having a working pancreas a rare event.
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Hypoglycemia
Uncovering the Hypoglycemia On/Off Switch
In this Quick Hit article, we share new research on brain cells that control lows.
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Treatment
The Type 1 Tech Roundup – February, 2015
Tattoo CGMs, Afrezza news, Dexcom profits, Medtronic’s merger.
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Columns
Too Old for Diabetes Summer Camp?
In Sweet Tooth , Tim Anderson describes how his first experience of diabetes summer camp did not go as planned.
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Columns
The First Bloom of Diabetes Device Rage
In this Sweet Tooth excerpt, a teen recently diagnosed with Type 1 takes out his frustration on his glucometer.
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Living
The Public Struggles of a Quarterback with Type 1
What people are saying, and not saying, about Jay Cutler’s diabetes and his poor play in 2014.
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Columns
My Diabetes Boot Camp Drill Sergeant
In Part 3 of our Sweet Tooth excerpts, Tim Anderson describes learning about his diabetes from a difficult nurse.
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Treatment
Why We Need a Diabetes Device Hack-a-thon
Insulin Nation's editor suggests a way for the FDA to allow individuals to create better CGMs and insulin pumps.
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Treatment
Dividends from Tight BG Control…and More
The Insulin Nation Treatment Roundup - late January 2015
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Columns
The Inaugural Emergency Room Visit
How one young man learned he was a card-carrying member of the Pancreatically-Challenged.
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Artificial Pancreas
Is Medtronic’s MiniMed 640G an Artificial Pancreas?
It all depends on who you ask, but the pump has some groundbreaking predictive technology.
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Medicine/Drugs
A Basal Insulin Primer
Learn why people with Type 1 diabetes need this long-acting insulin, and treatment options.
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Columns
Discovering Love and T1D at a Ballgame
In an excerpt from Sweet Tooth, a Memoir, Tim Anderson describes how his pancreas first failed him on a memorable…
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Treatment
Not All T1D Eating Disorders are Diabulimia
Researchers are calling for a new diagnosis that would include all Type 1 eating disorders.
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Living
The Defiant Older Woman with Diabetes
A mysterious video appears of an older woman declaring that diabetes won’t let her stop enjoying the good things in…
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Living
Recovering from Diabulimia
A photo essay of one young woman’s struggles with the Type 1 diabetes eating disorder.
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Medicine/Drugs
Treatment Options for Insulin-Sensitive Children
A diabetes educator discusses diluted insulin, which can help stave off blood sugar swings.
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Treatment
Longer Living, Gluten Free + Type 1, Kids’ DKA Rates
The Insulin Nation Research Roundup for January 2015.
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