Year: 2020
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Research
Will ViaCyte’s Encaptra Cell Delivery System ‘Cure’ Type 1 Diabetes?
When you were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, you were probably told that a cure was “just around the corner.”…
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My Story
How a T1D of 43 Years Reversed Her Heart Disease and Took Back Control
One morning in April of 2016, Betty woke to find her blood sugar had shot up over 500 during the…
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Living
Coronavirus and T1D: What You Need to Know and How to Prepare
As news continues to grow concerning the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, it can be hard not to worry…
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Hypoglycemia
Hypoglycemia Unawareness: Why It Occurs and What to Do About It
For a newly diagnosed type 1 diabetic, there is nothing scarier than having your blood sugar bottom out. One minute…
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My Story
Keep it to Yourself, until Someone Asks
This was exactly my attitude toward my illness. It worked for a bit. I never walked into a room, a…
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Living
Newly Diagnosed: 10 Diabetes Truths Veteran T1Ds Want You to Know
There is so much to learn when you are first diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. The sheer amount of information…
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Treatment
New Non Fibrillating Insulin To Be a Game-Changer for Pump Users
You have probably never heard the term “insulin fibrillation” before or have even the slightest idea of what it means.…
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Treatment
Newly Diagnosed: How T1D Changes Your Body and Mind
Being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes is like having to relearn how to live all over again. Suddenly there are…
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Living
The Female Orgasm & Your Diabetes
While the internet is overloaded with articles on the potential effects diabetes can have on a man’s sexual health, there…
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Living
Newly Diagnosed: How to Approach Exercise and Activity
As a person with type 1 diabetes, exercising and staying active is important to increase your insulin sensitivity and decrease…
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Treatment
Newly Diagnosed: Understanding and Treating Low Blood Sugars
By far, the most stressful part of living with type 1 diabetes is low blood sugar. Not only can lows…
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Living
Milk: These Options Are Better for You Than Cow’s Milk
If you have any type of diabetes, there’s really no reason to be drinking cow’s milk on a daily basis. …
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Treatment
Newly Diagnosed: Carb Counting Basics
One of the very first things any newly diagnosed T1D (or type 1 parent) learns about, is how to count…
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Living
The Problem with Breakfast Cereal if You Have Diabetes
The simple fact is: not all carbs are created equal. And this is painfully true when it comes to cereal.…
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Living
Why Diabetes Increases Your Risk of Yeast Infections
What is a yeast infection? Also referred to as “vulvovaginal candidiasis,” a vaginal yeast infection is essentially an overgrowth of…
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Treatment
CGM Watch Closer to Reality
Early last year, we brought you the exciting story of PKvitality’s K’Watch–A CGM device unlike anything else on the market.…
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Living
How to Break Your Habit of Negative Thinking Patterns
If you live with a non-stop disease like diabetes that requires constant health-related choices and effort, the habits of your…
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Treatment
In-depth on Tandem’s Advanced Hybrid Closed-Loop System
In a win for all people with type 1 diabetes (even those who won’t directly benefit from this closed-loop system),…
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Treatment
New Skin Care Line Brings Relief for Diabetic Skin Conditions
To avoid the many complications faced by those living with diabetes you have to focus much of your time on…
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Living
How Drinking Plenty of Water Improves Your Diabetes Health
An alarming number of Americans are “perpetually dehydrated” according to the Institute of Medicine. And if you’re one of them,…
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