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Type 2 Diabetes News

Type 2 Diabetes is a chronic condition involving high blood sugar levels and reduced production and responsiveness to insulin.     

Kelly tries out the new DexCom SEVEN PLUS CGM.
James S. Hirsch profiles Anna Balogh, who took the State Department to court to fight against diabetic job bias.
Do you have type 2 diabetes and not take any medication? Is diet and exercise alone failing to keep your blood sugar under control? If so, there is now a new drug option...
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Beyond the Basals - Part II
NovoLog users may find comfort in the FDA’s recent label change of this rapid-acting insulin. NovoLog’s label now recommends that it can now be kept in pump reservoirs...
Gary Scheiner compares the latest in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM).
As we covered in the diaTribe #39 Learning Curve and the diaTribe #38 Letter from the Editor , the FDA recently released its much awaited draft guidance on the...
The Tour de Cure is a series of cycling races held by the ADA each year to fund diabetes research. As we pointed out in Issue 13’s New Now Next , there are many ways for...
The Diabetes Technology Society Meeting 2008
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...
diaTribe #20 – a special reunion issue and a time for reflection.
In February, diaTribe visited Prague to attend the 2008 Advanced Technologies and Treatments for Diabetes (ATTD) conference. This was truly a global conference, with...
LDL? HDL? Recommended guidelines? We tackle cholesterol as Kelly starts a statin.
Kerri Morrone Sparling tells you about her diabetes “food philosophy” and gives some tips about how to manage your diet (and eat pasta).
A next gen weight management and fitness tool— type 1 patient Adam Brown shares his thoughts on BodyMedia’s FIT Weight Management System.
Insulet's OmniPod will now be available in Canada. GlaxoSmithKline is partnering with Insulet to make the OmniPod available in Canada for the first time. Under the new...
Recently, the diaTribe team attended the annual Diabetes Technology Society conference here in San Francisco. Several people from academia and the pharma industry...
We are eagerly waiting for the fall premiere of Taking Control of Your Own Diabetes (TCOYD)’s new groundbreaking online reality TV show, Extreme Diabetes Makeover (XDM...
Although no one ever said insulin pump management was easy, we’re very happy that new tools are emerging that can make pumping easier and better. We have often wondered...

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