Month: August 2017
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Living
Help a Mom of a Child with Type 1 After Harvey
LaQuishe Wright fled her home in the middle of the night with her family and the diabetes supplies needed for…
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Did a School Illegally Expel Two Children for Type 1 Diabetes?
A lawsuit against a private school in North Carolina expands to include more children who may have faced discrimination.
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How to Donate Diabetes Supplies in Harvey’s Aftermath
Insulin For Life USA is mounting a rare domestic relief effort to help people with diabetes in Texas.
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How I Protect and Serve with Type 1 Diabetes
A police officer with Type 1 diabetes describes his routines while on patrol or walking the beat.
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Living
43 Percent Skip Insulin Doses Because of Cost: Survey
Roughly half of Insulin Nation’s survey respondents also reported juggling bills to afford insulin.
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Treatment
Tandem Receives Patent for Remote Bolus Software
The patent seemingly would allow pump users to bolus by smartphone.
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Living
I Have Type 1 and I’ve Struggled with Suicidal Thoughts
A woman with Type 1 describes her long journey to feeling OK.
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Living
Lectured About Her Type 1 Diabetes on the First Date
A woman with Type 1 shares how a date went very wrong once the subject turned to her diabetes and…
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Living
Jerry Lewis Had Type 1 Diabetes
The actor, who passed away at age 91, was diagnosed very late in life.
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Treatment
Is Newer Insulin Worth its Steep Price-tag?
An endocrinologist argues that doctors need to demand better proof that the newest treatments beat older, cheaper treatment options.
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Living
The Top 5 Photos of Insulin Nation’s Photo Contest
We asked you to share what life with Type 1 diabetes looks like to you, and received many great submissions.
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Treatment
NovoRapid Batches Retested After Customer Complaints in Aus., NZ
Novo Nordisk says there is insufficient evidence to establish a problem with the product.
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Treatment
Type 1 Organ Donors Show High Rates of Suicide, Drug Use
It points to the need to talk more about mental health care for people with Type 1 diabetes, our editor…
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Living
Death in Detention for Two with Diabetes
A report by Human Rights Watch alleges two immigrant detainees received substandard care while being held by ICE.
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Treatment
The Symptoms of Type 1 Diabetes
A list of 12 common symptoms and how the condition is diagnosed
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Living
Is a Diabetes Diagnosis Enough to Create a Community?
A diabetes activist discovers the limits of a common experience with a chronic condition.
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Treatment
What to do if your insulin pump isn’t working
A certified diabetes educator provides a step-by-step guide.
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Living
A Viral Diabetes Awareness Story Gets More Private?
Ben Lockwood’s Facebook post about injecting insulin in public is no longer visible to everyone.
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Living
8 Great School Nurses for Children with Type 1 Diabetes
Parents name the nurses who made a difference for their children.
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Treatment
5 Questions About Type 1 Diabetes and Mental Health Answered
We interview Dr. Beverly Adler about her work tending to the mental health needs of the diabetes community.
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