Craig Idlebrook

Craig Idlebrook is a past editor for Insulin Nation, Type 2 Nation, and Información Sobre Diabetes. He is now the community engagement and content manager for T1D Exchange.
Treatment

How Insulin Became So Expensive – A History

At the ADA Scientific Sessions, an endocrinologist chronicles how incremental improvements have curtailed pricing competition.

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Research

How Those Who Love You View Hypoglycemia

Researchers find loved ones want to help adults with Type 1 avoid lows, but don’t always know how.

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Living

Almost No One Knows What’s in the Senate’s AHCA Bill

If it’s like the House’s version of the AHCA, it could mean drastic changes in health care coverage for people…

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Research

Five Quick-Takes from the ADA 77th Scientific Sessions

A1C is out, add-on drug therapies are in, and hybrid closed-loop pumps are the now and the near future.

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Treatment

Beta Cells vs. Closed-Loop Pumps – Which is Better?

Advocates argue for both treatments at the ADA 77th Scientific Sessions.

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Treatment

Medtronic Launches 670G – First Hybrid, Closed-Loop System

At times dubbed an artificial pancreas, the 670G represents a leap forward in automated insulin delivery.

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Treatment

Children Get Help for Mom with Type 1 During Low

The two children are credited with doing everything right to get their mother the help she needed.

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Living

Nurse Pleads Guilty to Murdering Eight with Insulin

The murders in two long-term care facilities took place over seven years.

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Living

JDRF and ADA Blast Trump Budget Proposal

Diabetes advocacy organizations warn it would hurt diabetes research and prevention programs.

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Living

Help Needed for Woman with Rare Type 1 Complication

Ali Dugger’s family is raising money for a wheelchair ramp as she contends with Charcot foot, a neuropathic condition that…

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Living

What the CBO Grade of the AHCA Means for People with Diabetes

We highlight five passages where the CBO report talked about people with preexisting conditions or who were less healthy.

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Treatment

Medtronic Warns of Stuck MiniMed Pump Buttons

Changes in air pressure might cause an issue, the pump maker warns.

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Treatment

Nevada’s Insulin Pricing Transparency Bill Explained in GIFs

State lawmakers want to know why insulin prices keep increasing.

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Living

Child with Type 1 Barred from Field Trip

The mother of a Scottish teen says the school made its decision at the last minute under a false pretext.

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Treatment

FDA Warns Against Secondhand Test Strips

The agency stopped short of outlawing the sale of them, however.

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Living

Trump’s OMB Director Wasn’t Alone in Denigrating Diabetes

Mick Mulvaney was part of a panel discussion where a former Democratic governor of California also characterized diabetes solely as…

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Living

Miss USA Contestant Bares her Dexcom CGM

Krista Ferguson joins a line of pageant contestants who were open about their Type 1 diabetes.

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Living

Trump Official Says Diabetes a Preexisting Condition Not Worthy of Coverage

Mick Mulvaney, OMB director, is the latest Republican official whose rhetoric in support of the AHCA has drawn condemnation.

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Living

Woman Pleads Guilty for her Daughter’s Fatal Insulin Overdose

Sandra Speck was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for the death of her daughter with Type 1 and other special…

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Living

Parents Who Withheld Insulin Appeal Murder Conviction

During the trial, the Raditas were found to have improperly treated their son’s Type 1 diabetes for years.

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