After an intense day of deliberations earlier this month, an FDA advisory committee delivered an overwhelmingly positive vote (20-2) in favor of the approval of Vivus’...
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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Sanofi-aventis gives us an early preview of its new GoMeals application for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
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Education and compassion all around: The 36th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Diabetes Educators.
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While disposable pumps may be the future of insulin pumping, many OmniPod users can’t help but envision the mountains of Pods crowding our landfills in years to come. In...
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A Tennis Hero: His Finest Shots Were Never on the Court
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If you’re a regular diaTribe reader, you probably know that we’re big fans of Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM)—devices that let you see your glucose levels in real-...
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Diabetes advocate Amy Tenderich is hosting her annual Diabetes Design Challenge, giving you a chance to win funding to help you develop your ideas for new diabetes...
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The 2009 ADA clinical practice guidelines and what they mean for you.
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Yet another breakthrough in the battle against hypoglycemia and hypoglycemia unawareness! Medtronic, using a new sensor algorithm, has developed a “low-glucose suspend...
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Gary Scheiner compares the latest in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM).
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On June 2, Medtronic hosted its annual “analyst day,” hosting researchers who come to hear news about the company. These days are webcast, and we were interested to hear...
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Resolve, Results and Reinforcements: Diabetes and Exercise
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On March 6, Animas announced that it had identified a problem with the software on its OneTouch Ping insulin pumps. If patients attempted to change the time and/or date...
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Kelly shares some New Year's thoughts on the future of diabetes and asks for your help.
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James S. Hirsch profiles Anna Balogh, who took the State Department to court to fight against diabetic job bias.
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On December 20, 2006, the United Nations General Assembly passed resolution 61/225, which designated that every subsequent November 14 would be World Diabetes Day. The...
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Managing diabetes while on vacation.