Bayer Diabetes Care announced it would be sponsoring a new contest, “Give Back. Simply Win.” The contest is designed to reward people with diabetes for their charitable efforts. Entering the contest is simple; it is open to people with diabetes in three age categories: 6 to 12, 13 to 17 and 18+ years. Contestants can visit www.NicksSimpleWins.com and answer three questions about their charitable efforts. A group of judges, including Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers, will select a winner from each of the groups. The three prize...

Bayer Diabetes Care announced the introduction of the DIDGET™ blood glucose monitoring system in the United States. The Didget meter is unique because it is the only blood glucose meter that connects directly to Nintendo DS™ and DS Lite gaming systems to help kids manage a lifelong disease by rewarding them for building consistent testing habits and meeting personalized blood glucose target ranges. The meter is intended for use by kids ages 4-14 and grows with the child’s ability to manage their diabetes, offering two testing...

For as long as I can remember, my father has communicated with me through newspaper clippings. This is not to say this is the only way we can talk — far from it, luckily — but my father is a voracious reader. He rarely appears in public without some form of newsprint poking out of his back pocket, and spends countless hours at the dining room table working his way through stacks of Wall Street Journals and back issues of the Economist. Armed with a red pen and a paper cutter, he creates messy stacks for me, my mother,...

Bayer Diabetes Care and Nick Jonas awarded the three grand prize winners of Bayer’s “Express Your Simple Win Creativity Contest.” The contest entrants were all children living with type 1 diabetes.  According to EmaxHealth each of the 160 participants sent in a 15-30 second video that expressed their “Simple Win” – small, every day victories for managing diabetes that add up to big differences over time. The videos included original lyrics, drawings, photos, or other creative ideas. The winners are: • Caleb, age...

Pop star Nick Jonas has announced a new partnership with Bayer Diabetes Care which will take his diabetes advocacy to the United Kingdom. Jonas has been making waves this year with high profile trips to Washington D.C. to raise diabetes awareness. The new partnership aims to provide young people and their families with the support they need to simplify life with diabetes. Jonas, the youngest member of the popular pop group The Jonas Brothers, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 13. He is now 17 years old. News provided by Diabetes...