Month: November 2016
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Treatment
The U.S. Can’t Afford Not to Have a Cure for Diabetes
Spending on diabetes care takes up a significant slice of the GDP, and that slice will only get bigger.
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Living
Trump’s Health Picks Provide Clues to Affordable Care Act Fate
The president-elect has nominated Congressman Tom Price for DHHS Secretary and consultant and Seema Verma as Medicare and Medicaid administrator.
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Living
Are PBMs Driving Up The Price of Insulin?
An overview of prescription benefit managers, which drug companies fear now, but consumer advocates might grow to fear.
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Living
Don’t Let Your Family See These Memes About Type 1 Diabetes!
5 memes to get you through big family meals and your uncle’s obnoxious jokes about your diabetes.
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Treatment
California Drug-Pricing Control Referendum Defeated
Advocates cited insulin prices as a major reason for why the measure was needed.
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Living
Doctors Won’t Tell You About One Exercise Trick to Cut Your Insulin Needs in Half
It’s important that you read this article before sharing or liking it solely based on the title.
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Living
Do You Feel Like a T1D Warrior?
Readers weigh in on whether the imagery of doing battle with Type 1 diabetes works for them.
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Treatment
7 Ways to Advocate for Yourself About Your Type 1 Diabetes
How to get the most out of your doctor visits and stay as safe as possible in the hospital.
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Living
Trump May Not Take On High Insulin Prices, After All
A report notes that the issue of drug price control has disappeared from his radar since the election.
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Treatment
Morgan Angerbauer Needlessly Died from DKA in Jail
A nurse is on trial for refusing to treat a woman with Type 1 in jail until it was too…
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Living
Why I Wince When People Say They Won’t Let Diabetes Stop Them
People with Type 1 diabetes are under no obligation to inspire others.
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Treatment
Why Children with Type 1 Might Lie About Blood Sugar Readings
A certified diabetes educator provides suggestions for what to do about it.
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Living
Donald Trump and Diabetes Policy: What We Know Right Now
Less than a week after the election, already his positions on health care and health insurance are changing.
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Living
Five Little-Known Facts About Dr. Frederick Banting
The inventor of insulin had many passions beyond diabetes care.
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Living
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Living
Five Ways to Kill a Conversation About Your Type 1 Diabetes
Use these tactics at your next big family gathering.
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Living
When Pharmacists Attack!
The Type 1 diabetes community share stories of when they’ve had to defend themselves against medical nosiness.
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Treatment
Sanders, Cummings Ask Justice Department to Investigate Insulin Prices
The Department of Justice and the FTC are asked to investigate whether Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi colluded to raise…
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Research
Novo Nordisk Kills Off Oral Insulin Project
And, without irony, It cites lower prices for injectable insulin as one of the reasons why.
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Living
We Left Our Son’s Insulin at the Last Hotel
A mother pleads with a pharmacist for an emergency refill.
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