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Treatment
Amylin: The Other Hormone Affected by Type 1 Diabetes
Why aren’t we talking about amylin? Sure, insulin is something we truly cannot live without, but those of us with…
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Treatment
Are Exclusive Insurance Contracts Consumer Abuse?
Broken Trust A cabin in the middle of nowhere is the last place any diabetic wants to suffer a hypoglycemic…
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Living
Carb Quality vs. Carb Quantity: Which is Healthiest?
With the promotion of many carb-restrictive diets today, it’s important to fully understand that simply counting and limiting carbs isn’t…
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Treatment
Five Tips to Increase Your Time In Range
Creating attainable A1C goals has long been the standard to keep your diabetes management on track. But, as we learn…
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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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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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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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