Year: 2016
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Research
I Was Hooked Up to Bigfoot’s Artificial Pancreas
A trial participant shares her experience, and her hope for the experimental system’s success.
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Treatment
Our Pharmacists Didn’t Store Insulin Properly
And their error landed my daughter in the hospital. Don’t let this happen to you.
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Living
Police Deny Man Insulin for Hours After Baton Rouge Shooting
A victim of mistaken identity, Demarcus Alexander ended up in the hospital in the aftermath of the shooting of six…
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Treatment
Come on, Medtronic, Now You’re Just Trolling Us
Why did Medtronic choose to come out with a non-predictive pump and put it in the shell of a predictive…
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En Español
Cuando Cada Día Puede Ser Una Emergencia Médica
Una mujer con Diabetes tipo 1 describe cómo un día normal se puede complicar cuando hay variaciones en los niveles…
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Research
Bigfoot Recruits for Its First Artificial Pancreas Trial
The company plans to submit the pump system for FDA approval in 2017.
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Treatment
Tandem t:slim Pump Approved for Children Ages 6 and Up
This might open up pump therapy for more young children.
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Living
Wait, Jay Cutler has Type 2 Diabetes Now?
Stephen A. Smith confuses Type 1 diabetes and Type 2 diabetes while trashing Cutler on ESPN.
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Living
Tommy Neal Enjoys Motivating Others as a Distance Runner with Type 1
A profile of an endurance athlete with Team Novo Nordisk.
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Research
Can Early Type 1 Diabetes Screening Prevent DKA?
German researchers test whether such screening leads to better health outcomes for children with Type 1 and their parents.
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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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