Year: 2016
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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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Living
Low-Income Kids on Pumps Face Higher Risk of Complications
A Canadian study finds socioeconomic status affects health outcomes, even when pumps are subsidized.
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Treatment
Massachusetts School Diabetes Care is Very Nurse-Centered
A pair of new bills might help decentralize in-school diabetes care a bit.
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Treatment
Study Pits Diabetes Alert Dogs Against CGMs
Can our four-legged friends outperform algorithms when it comes to detecting hypoglycemia?
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Living
Will a Woman with Type 1 be the Next UK Prime Minister?
Theresa May has emerged as a leading candidate in the chaos after the Brexit vote.
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Living
Family Detained at Airport Because of an Insulin Pump
Dubai airport security wanted to put the pump through an x-ray machine, and the family refused.
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Research
Man Comes Off Insulin Therapy After Undergoing BioHub Treatment
He is the second patient to be successfully treated by the experimental treatment, which was invented by the Diabetes Research…
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Treatment
A Push to Expand Insulin Access in Pennsylvania Schools
Diabetes advocacy slams up against a complicated lawmaking process in the Pennsylvania legislature.
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Living
Readers Speak About Injecting in Public
Insulin Nation readers shared their thoughts on whether or not to whip out the needle or pen where others can…
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Living
Readers Speak About the Mike’s Pig Pen Sign
We share some of the best comments in reaction to the controversy.
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Treatment
The FDA Describes Efforts to Speed Up Artificial Pancreas Development
That accelerated process may soon yield Medtronic’s application to bring an artificial pancreas to market.
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Living
8 Memes to Explain the Restaurant Sign Controversy
Didn’t have time to read about Mike’s Pig Pen? We’ve got some silly pictures to help explain it.
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Treatment
Your Android Diabetes App is Probably Selling Your Health Info
And federal regulators aren’t stopping them.
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Treatment
FDA Slower to Approve New Medical Devices Than Drugs
A study finds the agency’s testing protocol for blockbuster devices slows down the process and leads to unnecessary testing.
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Living
Woman with Type 1 Loses Teeth Because of Diabulimia
Skye Simpson goes public about the physical toll the disorder has taken on her body.
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Living
Mike’s Pig Pen Owner Apologizes. Was it Worth it?
A sign asking for people with diabetes to take insulin in the bathroom is condemned online, and the owner of…
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Research
Children with Type 1 at Higher Risk of Epilepsy
Researchers find they are three times more likely to develop the condition than the average population.
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