Looking through this special issue on the American Diabetes Association meeting this year, I can’t help but feel two things – pride and trepidation.
Type 1 Diabetes News
Type 1 Diabetes is a chronic condition in which your body loses the ability to produce insulin, which is necessary for most cells to convert food into energy and regulate blood sugar levels.
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The Changing Diabetes Bus, sponsored by Novo Nordisk, was set up on Pier 39 during the ADA meeting in June in San Francisco. It arrived from a tour in India and is next...
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On July 29, the JDRF formally launched its innovative new online Clinical Trials Connection service. This service was launched to help patients with type 1 diabetes and...
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Realizing we didn't have any insight into talking meters, we picked up a Prodigy Autocode meter from the booth during the American Association of Diabetes Educators (...
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Sonia Sotomayor is the first Supreme Court Justice nominee with type 1 diabetes. Jim Hirsch explains how he got involved in the White House's efforts to handle the...
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AADE Diabetes Educator of the Year Mary Sullivan on teaching diabetes self-care when we need it most – in the inpatient setting.
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The staff here at diaTribe has had many great things to say about the OmniPod the disposable “patch pump” from Insulet. Our editor-in-chief, Kelly Close, has been a...
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Another ‘next’ that we’re watching is the GlucaPen from Enject. Everybody who takes insulin faces the risk of severe hypoglycemia (a medical emergency), and it’s vital...
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Diabetic neuropathy affects the feet and is a common complication of poorly controlled diabetes. The drug works by inhibiting the action of connective tissue growth...
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A blogger’s journey into the Twitter-verse.
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If you’ve ever left your diabetes doctor/educator’s office thinking, “That’s an hour of my life I’d like to have back,” this article is for you.