Month: August 2015
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Medicine/Drugs
Bigger Capsules Keep Islet Cells Safe
Finding may make islet cell transplantation a more viable therapy for Type 1 diabetes.
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Complications
A DKA Death in Jail
Social media erupts over the death of Michael Robinson while in custody. What do we know of what happened?
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Treatment
FDA Approves First Receiver-Less CGM
The Dexcom G5 Mobile CGM gets the green light by the FDA to beam blood glucose readings directly to smartphones.
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Living
Insurance Kept Denying My Insulin Refills
A recounting of a stingy and ignorant insurance company’s refusals to budge.
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Columns
7 Tips for Supporting an Anxious Person with Type 1
A guide for how best to support those with both diabetes and mental health issues, by someone who deals with…
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Treatment
The Lesser-Known Types of Diabetes
MODY, monogenic diabetes, and diabetes insipidus, oh my!
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Treatment
Why Pumps in the EU May be Less Safe
In this final installment of our five-part series on pump safety, we examine the shortcomings of European medical device safety…
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Treatment
Speaking Up to Make Pumps Safer
Often, the only way the FDA can know there are insulin pump problems is if pump users accurately report when…
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Columns
Adventures in Summertime Diabetes Management
A mother tries to trace why her daughter’s blood glucose levels fluctuate when school lets out.
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Treatment
The Pump Failure Reporting System is Flawed
Why it’s pretty much impossible to know how many insulin pumps have malfunctioned in the last decade. Part 3 of…
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Living
10 Comebacks to Dumb Diabetes Questions
In this video, we compile some snappy comebacks for awkward conversations about Type 1.
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Treatment
Four Countries’ Different Standards on Pump Safety
There’s a lot of difference between the rules in Canada, the UK, Germany, and Denmark. Part 2 of our series…
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Treatment
Pets Help Kids with Type 1 Control BG
Younger kids who care for pets appear to manage their diabetes better.
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Meters & CGMs
Google+Dexcom=Smaller CGM
If anyone can improve on Dexcom’s popular CGM design, it would be Google.
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Pumps
European Experts Call for Safer Insulin Pumps
European and American regulators call for uniformity in insulin pump regulation. Part 1 in a multi-part series focused on pump…
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Living
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Columns
5 Lessons Learned from Year 1 with Type 1
A mother of a child with Type 1 shares what her family now knows about life with diabetes.
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Living
Revenge of the Diabetes Memes
From Darth Vader with an insulin allergy to Oliver Twist at the pharmacy, see what strange imagery we’ve created.
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Medicine/Drugs
Selling a Lifetime of Insulin for $3
Read how Frederick Banting and his team essentially gave away the patent for insulin to help humanity.
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