Month: April 2015
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Medicine/Drugs
Death By Expired Insulin Prescription
A family’s grief leads to a bill that would allow pharmacists to dispense insulin without a current prescription to save…
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Medicine/Drugs
Is Sanofi Digging Its Own Grave with Toujeo?
Sanofi’s new basal insulin will not be discounted. Could the decision doom sales?
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Treatment
A New Way to Keep Insulin Cool This Summer
A temperature-tracking device designed to keep insulin fresh looks for support on Indiegogo.
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Cure Insight
Insulin-Producing Cells Made in the Liver
Nuvilex plans to create a diabetes treatment with liver-grown beta cells.
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Treatment
When Your Pump Suggests the Wrong Bolus
Pumps can’t factor in all the complexities of daily life, so pump users still have to do some of their…
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Columns
A Cocktail of Cocaine and Insulin
One woman with Type 1 shares her struggles with addiction.
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Treatment
Why Every Child Should Be Tested for Type 1
A toddler’s death from a missed diagnosis and the legislative push to make sure such a tragedy never happens again.
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Columns
Your Type 1 Diabetes Poetry
Read the poems of the five winners in our diabetes poetry contest.
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Treatment
The Practice Pump App
Tandem creates an app that allows users to do practice runs with t:slim pump settings.
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Medicine/Drugs
Help, My Mom Has an Insulin Allergy!
Three certified diabetes educators collaborate to find possible solutions.
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Complications
Good, Bad News for Children with Type 1
Better A1C scores for some children, but high risk of complications for others in England and Wales.
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Columns
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Medicine/Drugs
Can I Inject Insulin in the Breakroom?
We weigh in on whether this is covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act
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Living
Portrait of a Young Athlete with Type 1
A short video about Ryan Maloney, a competitive stand-up paddler.
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Treatment
A Pump-Maker Becomes a Medical Provider
Medtronic acquires several Type 1 diabetes clinics in the Netherlands.
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Medicine/Drugs
Scientists Find Drug That Encourages Beta Cell Growth
Haramine also stabilizes blood sugar levels in mice.
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Medicine/Drugs
Probiotics Combat Insulin Resistance
Two new studies explore the connection between probiotics and insulin sensitivity.
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Hypoglycemia
EMTs Learn Not All Lows are The Same
In a pilot program, emergency personnel learn how to cut hospitalization rates for people suffering from hypoglycemic episodes.
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Living
3 More Diabetes Anti-Discrimination Laws
The Americans With Disabilities Act is not the only game in town when it comes to protecting people with diabetes.
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Hypoglycemia
The Orange Juice Chronicles
Diagnosed with Type 1 at age 27, James Samson had to learn through trial and error not to overcorrect with…
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