quotable quotes - Early July 2014
“Artificial pancreas systems will be the most revolutionary advance in diabetes care since the discovery of insulin.”
-Dr. Aaron Kowalski (JDRF) on the promise of artificial pancreas technologies in a JAMA article entitled, “Fully Automated Artificial Pancreas Finally Within Reach.”
“We need to look in a mirror and realize the struggles our patients are having with their diabetes are like the struggles we have ourselves.”
-Dr. William Polonsky on understanding patient obstacles at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 74th Annual Scientific Sessions on June 13-17, 2014 in San Francisco, CA.
“We are not the enemy. Diabetes is the enemy. Together we will learn how to live well.”
-Jeff Hitchcock (Founder, Children with Diabetes) speaking about the diabetes online community at ADA 2014.
“I think everyone should be wearing CGM, including Medicare patients. I’m not going to accept anything short of that.”
-Dr. Irl Hirsch (University of Washington) on having access to continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) at the joint meeting of the International Society of Endocrinology and the Endocrine Society (ICE/ENDO 2014) on June 21-24 in Chicago, IL.
“Diabetes is not a do-it-yourself condition at any age.”
-Dr. Lori Laffel (Joslin Diabetes Center) on the challenges of transitioning from pediatric to adult diabetes care at ADA 2014.
“Why should the same standard of care be applied to type 1 as type 2 diabetes when it’s not the same disease? As a practitioner, I’ve been fighting to get different treatments for years.”
-Dr. Anne Peters on creating the first ever position statement for people with type 1 diabetes at the 8th Annual Diabetes Forum hosted by The diaTribe Foundation/TCOYD at ADA 2014.
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