Chris Leach

Chris Leach was the founding editor of numerous diabetes publications, including Insulin Nation, Type 2 Nation, and Health Matters. A lifelong entrepreneur, he also founded New Jersey Monthly and was part of the team that created ESPN, the Magazine. Chris passed away in 2013.
Cure Insight

The Mouse Trap

We’ve gotten good at curing diabetes in mice. Where’s the cure for humans?

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Research

Easier Pens For 2014?

Novo Nordisk gains FDA approval for two automated dose pens.

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Pumps

Tandem and the Future of Pumps

Can Tandem's User-Friendly t:slim Make Pumping Insulin The Therapy of Choice?

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Medicine/Drugs

Daily Pill May Help T1s Lower A1c and Reduce Insulin Use

A new study finds dapagliflozin might help lower A1c levels when insulin alone isn’t cutting it.

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Artificial Pancreas

Artificial Pancreas: What’s in a Name?

When news reports announced FDA approval of an "artificial pancreas", some in the diabetes community cried foul. The news has…

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Treatment

Medtronic’s “Artificial Pancreas” Gains FDA Approval

Medtronic’s launch of the MiniMed 530g marks a significant milestone on the road to a fully-automated closed loop artificial pancreas.

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Hypoglycemia

A Simpler Approach To Treating Hypos

Glucagon injections can treat severe hypoglycemia events, but is often not used when a hypo strikes. Can a simpler approach…

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Meters & CGMs

RIP, A1cNow

The rumored end to Bayer Diabetes’ production of A1cNow speaks volumes about the new math of the business of diabetes…

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Treatment

Good Vibrations: A New Approach to Treating Neuropathy

Electrical nerve stimulation offers hope of pain relief for people who suffer from diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Sensus, a new FDA-approved…

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Pumps

A Memorable App

With two sons on pumps, each on different schedules, Derek Stewart needed help remembering when to do what. An app…

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Medicine/Drugs

Back to the Future for Cancer Drug That May Help Type 1s

An old drug used to treat cancerous tumors may help suppress the immune system destruction that causes Type 1 diabetes.

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Cure Insight

The Cure is in Us

Dr. Claresa Levetan has promised 11-year-old Type 1 Louis Cocco, Jr. that she will get him off insulin before he…

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Medicine/Drugs

Afrezza Enters the Home Stretch…Again

Could a new insulin inhaler be approved for 2014? An FDA decision on Afrezza is expected in the coming months.

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Meters & CGMs

Better Math, Smarter Meters

With insurance reimbursements for test strips slashed, meter makers may be able to increase their market share by delivering more…

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Meters & CGMs

Test Strip Accuracy: Blood In, Garbage Out?

Meter accuracy is critical to good diabetes care, and, right now, procedures don’t exist for measuring accuracy after the FDA…

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Living

Sleep Apnea in Kids: A Total Nightmare

Once linked primarily to overweight older men with Type 2 diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea can affect kids with diabetes, too.…

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Living

A New Role For “Misplaced Parents?”

Parents of kids with diabetes accumulate both diabetes knowledge and wisdom as they help manage the disease every day. Then…

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Hypoglycemia

Harnessing Hypos: Glucagon As An Everyday Tool

Controlling blood glucose like a normal pancreas does, using insulin and glucagon in tandem, is the aim of a San…

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Hypoglycemia

Pumping Glucagon: The Unusual Case of Randy Brown

Pumping Glucagon

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Cure Insight

ADA Scientific Sessions 2013: A Pause Before The “Next Big Thing”

Every year since 1940, the American Diabetes Association has brought doctors, researchers, clinicians, and industry together for an annual event…

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