Month: July 2016
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Research
Peer Support Helps Families New to the Type 1 Life
Parent-to-parent mentoring may help parents provide improved care to children recently diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.
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Living
4 Diabetes Memes for the 2016 Election
Because besides diabetes, what else is on your mind right now?
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Treatment
Type 5 Diabetes?
Researchers suggest there should be five diagnostic groups for diabetes, not just two.
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Treatment
Glucagon the Sole Focus of a Bionic Pancreas Trial
It’s part of an effort to win FDA approval for two-drug treatments for Type 1 diabetes.
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Living
Diabetes Care in Pennsylvania Schools Strengthened by New Law
It expands who can provide diabetes care during the school day.
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Treatment
FDA Panel Recommends Expanded Use of CGMs
If adopted, the proposed regulations would sanction Dexcom G5 users to dose based on CGM readings.
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Living
Why Wasn’t Theresa May’s Type 1 Diabetes an Issue?
Candidates love to sling mud at each other, but no one brought up May’s diabetes. Why?
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Research
Health Costs for People with Diabetes is 3.6 Times More than Average
Newsflash - diabetes is expensive. (Sigh.)
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Living
Support for Softball Player Kicked off Team for Having Type 1 Diabetes
Readers speak about our story on the interrupted softball career of Lundyn Cox.
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Treatment
7 Steps to Take Before Starting Insulin Pump Therapy
A certified diabetes educator provides a step-by-step process.
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Research
Why Do Finns Have a Higher Risk of Type 1 Than Russians?
In a new study, researchers suggest that better sanitation and hygiene standards might be the culprit.
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Living
Life When Every Day Can Be a Medical Emergency
A woman with Type 1 describes how an average day becomes a complicated one with blood sugar swings.
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Living
Softball Player Kicked Off Team Because of Type 1 Diabetes
She joins another team and gets poetic justice during a tournament at season’s end.
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Living
“They Were Convinced my Humalog Penfills were Ammo”
Readers share thoughts and experiences of getting their diabetes supplies through airport security.
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