What will it take to get an artificial pancreas approved? It seems that the path ahead may now be a bit clearer…
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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Although most blood glucose meters are theoretically able to upload test results to a computer, the reality can be a frustrating, time-consuming process. Different...
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According to a recent Apple report , over 425,000 mobile apps are now available in the App Store, with a staggering 200 million users and 15 billion downloads. And...
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In April 2006, Dr. Louis Monnier and colleagues published an article in JAMA that challenged the conventional wisdom about diabetes management and complications.
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In late November, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (the federal agency that administers the two public insurance programs) announced that Medicare would...
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The "Resource Guide" is special supplement to Diabetes Forecast that comes out every year and features comments on and comparisons of all the available products for...
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In June, Insulet announced the acquisition of Neighborhood Diabetes, a medical equipment distributor that specializes in consumer sales of diabetes supplies. The company...
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BREAD/CRACKERS Bagel 72 Croissant 67 Graham Crackers 74 Saltine Crackers 74 Wheat Bread 68 White Bread 71 CEREALS/BREAKFAST Bran Chex 58 Cheerios 74 Corn Flakes 83 Cream...
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The diaTribe team had an outstanding evening in San Francisco for World Diabetes Day on November 14, which included blue hula hooping in Union Square. (For those who...
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In October 2010, Biocon, an Indian pharmaceutical company, and Pfizer partnered to develop and market biosimilar insulin analogs (see NewNowNext in diaTribe #26). A...
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Our impression of the keynote talk from Dr. Richard Kahn, Chief Scientific and Medical Officer of the ADA.
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What are going to be the big headlines for 2012? What will be the impact of Bydureon, the latest once-weekly drug for people with type 2 diabetes?
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As we have previously written, Vivus’ weight loss drug Qnexa is up for approval in the US in April of this year. Encouragingly, Vivus announced recently that, if...
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For people with diabetes, driving a car can be dangerous. According to a study of crash data from the United Kingdom, commercial truck drivers with diabetes had a three-...
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Does how often you eat make your blood glucose worse? CDE Gary Scheiner explains…
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April has been quite a busy month for Medtronic with the launch of new CareLink software that is finally Mac-compatible and the introduction of the greatly anticipated...
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What does a cure mean to you? Kerri Morrone Sparling shares her thoughts.
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If you’ve been following our coverage of Orexigen’s obesity drug, Contrave, you’re likely aware that it has been through a regulatory rollercoaster over the past few...
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This winter we flew down to sunny Cape Town to attend the nineteenth official meeting of International Diabetes Federation (IDF).