In June, Insulet announced the acquisition of Neighborhood Diabetes, a medical equipment distributor that specializes in consumer sales of diabetes supplies. The company...

We had the privilege of attending the inaugural Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) Building a Healthier Future Summit in late 2011 in Washington, DC, where we...

On May 14, HBO premiered its four-part documentary series on obesity, The Weight of the Nation . Each part – entitled “Consequences,” “Choices,” “Children in Crisis,”...

The Diabetes Barometer

At EASD, Cellnovo announced that it had received approval in Europe for its new insulin patch pump. It will be launched soon in the UK, and its submission to the FDA is...

Kelly breaks down “individualized therapy” and offers five big questions to help patients and providers make it a reality…

Lessons from TCOYD, Santa Clara.

Over the past several years, the use of GLP-1 drugs (such as Byetta and Victoza) together with basal insulins (such as Lantus and Levemir) as a treatment for type 2...

Kelly reflects on 25 years with diabetes, and her hopes for future breakthroughs…

diaTribe 's take on the recent New England Journal of Medicine's piece on weight gain - and loss!

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-...

A new all-digital magazine, Insulin Nation , launched this month at http://www.insulinnation.com/ . The free interactive magazine will be available online and through...

This article presciently reviews what we know about tight control - how many people with diabetes in the U.S. are getting there, and what it means for complications...

Telcare's cellular-enabled blood glucose meter will automatically upload a user's test results to an online portal. Though people with diabetes are urged to keep...

Blood glucose monitoring meets Apple’s iPhone: our own Adam Brown test drives Sanofi/AgaMatrix’s new tiny smartphone glucose monitor, the iBGstar…

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...

Eye diseases leading to blindness are consistently ranked among the greatest fears of people with diabetes, and the most common of these eye diseases is called diabetic...

How can kids with diabetes most enjoy Halloween? Jim Hirsch shares his thoughts.

How can we best tackle diabetes and obesity? Read about our trip to the International Diabetes Federation’s 21st World Congress in Dubai.

In previous issues, we’ve documented the arduous journey of Orexigen’s anti-obesity drug Contrave through the regulatory process. In December, an FDA Advisory Committee...