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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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In late July, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) Express Scripts and Medco Health Solutions announced their plans to merge. As background, PBMs process prescriptions for...
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The Obesity Society's annual meeting has long been our favorite place to catch up on the basic science research behind this critical problem.
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A new all-digital magazine, Insulin Nation , launched this month at http://www.insulinnation.com/ . The free interactive magazine will be available online and through...
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Late last year, we found out about a new drug being developed by Reata Pharmaceuticals for the treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD), a disorder that occurs more...
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Kelly breaks down “individualized therapy” and offers five big questions to help patients and providers make it a reality…
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With humor and detail, Gary Scheiner, a certified diabetes educator and author of one of our favorite books about diabetes, Think Like a Pancreas, gives us his...
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In October, Novo Nordisk announced that it had submitted its two new “next-generation” insulin products for approval in both the US and Europe (and Japan to follow soon...
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Larry Soler and Dr. James Gavin discuss Partnership for a Healthier America's efforts to fight childhood obesity.
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The diaTribe team traveled to Amsterdam to attend the 43rd Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD).
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Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG, i.e., fingersticks) and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM, i.e., wearing a sensor) sometimes seem like rival technologies in the...
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Kerri Morrone Sparling advocates for unity in the diabetes community.
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At EASD, Cellnovo announced that it had received approval in Europe for its new insulin patch pump. It will be launched soon in the UK, and its submission to the FDA is...
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Blood glucose monitoring meets Apple’s iPhone: our own Adam Brown test drives Sanofi/AgaMatrix’s new tiny smartphone glucose monitor, the iBGstar…
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Eye diseases leading to blindness are consistently ranked among the greatest fears of people with diabetes, and the most common of these eye diseases is called diabetic...
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World Diabetes Day 2007 - Beautiful Landmarks for an Unrecognized Epidemic (B.L.U.E)
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While the rest of America was watching the Super Bowl, we were taking in the countryside in Montpellier, France, at first annual European Diabetes Technology and...
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Recently, JDRF has ratcheted up the pressure on the FDA to encourage quicker development and approval of an artificial pancreas (AP) for type 1 diabetes. In late...
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Kerri Morrone Sparling reflects on the true meaning of ‘need’ in the global diabetes community…
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Telcare's cellular-enabled blood glucose meter will automatically upload a user's test results to an online portal. Though people with diabetes are urged to keep...