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We are encouraged to report that the FDA has approved Levemir for use in pregnant women with type 1, type 2, or gestational diabetes. Levemir is a long acting, or “basal...

Olive oil, wine and the ‘French Paradox.’

Pumping, After a Fashion

Trying out DexCom's continuous glucose monitor.

A healthy, happy baby shows me how far we've come

Last year, the FDA approved Medtronic’s Guardian REAL-Time System, which reads glucose levels in the interstitial fluid every five minutes. But the device was only...

From Father to Father: Ray Allen, His Son, and a Whole New Ball Game

Irl B. Hirsch, MD, an internationally-recognized diabetes expert and former ADA Clinician of the Year, is a professor of medicine at the University of Washington School...

Chronic disease: working extra hard to work.

In a world focused on the dire problem of human obesity and type 2 diabetes, it's good to know that someone's also looking out for… dogs. Yes, that's right. Pfizer...

The Changing Diabetes Bus, sponsored by Novo Nordisk, was set up on Pier 39 during the ADA meeting in June in San Francisco. It arrived from a tour in India and is next...

Symlin: A Sleeper Drug Slowly Rises

For obvious reasons, people with diabetes are encouraged to wear medical alert jewelry, though sometimes they prefer carrying a medical information card in their wallet...

Brave steps into the high tech pump world.

Measured strides away from pre-prediabetes.

A closer look at incretins and Byetta.

Get smart - Intelligence from your doctor's recent diabetes meetings.

Delta Burke is an emmy-nominated Broadway actress who has also appeared in movies like What Women Want and TV shows like Boston Legal and most notably Designing Women ...

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