Year: 2020
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Research
Study Reveals Beta Cell Destruction Begins Well Before Diagnosis
For many of us, type 1 diabetes is a disease that materializes out of thin air. One day we feel…
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Treatment
FDA Support for AID Systems Grows with Backing of New Questionnaires
In 2017, the FDA introduced the Medical Device Development Tools (MDDT) program to help better evaluate and regulate decisions surrounding…
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Living
Lower Extremity Amputations Are Most Common in Type 1 Patients
Among the many complications from diabetes, foot and leg amputations may be one of the most widely known to those…
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Living
Best Meal Delivery Services for Your Type 1 Diet
T1D Friendly Food While there is no one correct way to eat with type 1 diabetes, there are certain factors…
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Treatment
Why Exenatide Does Not Benefit All People Equally
Exenatide is a somewhat common injectable medication used to treat type 2 diabetes, especially in people who have not responded…
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Research
New Vaccine Targets 6 Viruses that May Cause Type 1 Diabetes
A new vaccine developed by Finnish and Swedish researchers that targets six strains of enterovirus and could have a profound…
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Research
Are Gluten-Free Diets Good for Everyone?
People with type 1 diabetes are at an increased risk for developing a number of other autoimmune disorders, including celiac…
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Treatment
Unusual Treatments for Neuropathy that Actually Work
One of the most common complications suffered by people living with type 1 diabetes is neuropathy. This often painful, and…
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Research
Insulin’s Role in Vascular Damage
Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of people living with long term type 1 diabetes. This remains true despite…
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Living
10 Health Conditions Common in People with Type 1 Diabetes
As a person living with type 1 diabetes, you are probably well aware of the many secondary complications that can…
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Living
High Covid-19 Death Rates Explained
Even in the earliest days of the coronavirus pandemic, it was well-known amongst the medical and scientific communities that diabetic…
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Treatment
Carb Ratios: Signs You Need to Make a Change & How to Do It
If there is one thing I have learned about living with type 1 diabetes, it is that the only constant…
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Treatment
Signs Your Pump Basal Rate Needs Adjusting & How to Get It Right
One of the biggest advantages of using pump therapy to treat your type 1 diabetes is the ability to set…
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Treatment
Why Insulin Coupons & CoPay Caps Aren’t Good Enough
Despite several years of activism, debate, and protesting, the biggest pharmaceutical manufacturers of insulin — Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly, and…
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Treatment
Student Invention Aims to Improve Control for Diabetics on MDI
As a person living with type 1 diabetes who requires multiple shots of insulin a day, you probably already know…
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Research
New Study Questions Rotavirus Vaccine Effect on T1D Development
Excitement over a potential preventative treatment for type 1 diabetes reached a high last year as multiple studies showed a…
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Treatment
Provention Bio Starts Rolling FDA Submissions for T1D Preventative
It has been a while since Provention Bio (website), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on immune-mediated diseases, announced their first…
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Living
Ketones Role in False Positives on Breath Alcohol Tests
Alcohol is a complicated subject when it comes to type 1 and type 2 diabetes — especially for those who…
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My Story
Living with Type 1 Diabetes in 1959
Doctors told Debbi’s parents she wouldn’t live to be 14 years old. Her friends and teachers thought type 1 diabetes…
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Research
Free Type 1 Diabetes Screening for Children Saves Lives and Aids Research
As a parent living with type 1 diabetes, it is impossible for me to watch my child vacuum up a…
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