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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. 

As we demand more nutritious and sustainable food, big food companies must make adjustments to their products, practices, and marketing
Beginning in 2020, nation-wide Cigna (and Express Scripts) and three Minnesota insurance companies (Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Medica, and UCare) will cap total monthly...
A currently-recruiting trial is comparing how two types of basal insulin – Toujeo and Tresiba – impact blood sugar levels in adults, using continuous glucose monitoring
New partnerships with Tidepool Loop, plus two new models of virtual clinical care
Children, ages 4 to 17, met with Members of Congress to help them understand what it’s like to live with type 1 diabetes and why research for a cure is so important...
Xofluza was recently approved to treat the flu in higher-risk populations – people with diabetes or other chronic conditions, and people over age 65 – and to prevent...
Eli Lilly to donate 200,000 insulin pens and provide $2 million for diabetes education to 200 free clinics across the United States by 2022
Control-IQ Hybrid Closed Loop on track to launch in the US by the end of 2019 for those ages 14 and older; first system with automatic correction boluses and no...
A new paper suggests that as people with diabetes increase their time in range, healthcare costs decrease
The diaTribe team was in Barcelona for the 55 th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. Check out our biggest highlights from the...
Jamie Kurtzig, a high school student living with type 1 diabetes, just published a book of 100 poems that she has written over the last ten years
These new rules will save both consumers and health plan providers thousands of dollars a year through pre-deductible coverage of chronic condition treatments
Data from the CDC show that 17% of people in Colorado self-report an inactive lifestyle, up to 48% of people in Puerto Rico
This study, now recruiting 350 participants, will examine the safety of the MiniMed 780G Advanced Hybrid Closed Loop System in people with type 1 diabetes (7+ Years)
The diaTribe Foundation’s sixth annual “Solvable Problems in Diabetes” in Barcelona brought together more than 140 leaders to discuss challenges and opportunities in...
diaTribe Community Manager, Cherise Shockley, shares the story of her diabetes diagnosis and how that diagnosis affected her family
A few weeks ago, Kelly experienced severe hypoglycemia (she left her RileyLink in her basement by accident!) – lucky for her, she had just picked up a new emergency...
FDA approval the fast-acting insulin for children means that children will have more flexibility in their mealtime insulin dosing
Low-cost monthly subscription services from mySugr, One Drop, DarioHealth, and Livongo
The automated insulin delivery system with Dexcom’s G6 aims to launch in the US by the end of the year for those ages 14+; first system with auto boluses and no...

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