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JDRF and the Helmsley Charitable Trust to Work Together to Accelerate Diabetes Research

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, two of the largest non-government funders of type 1 diabetes programs, announced that they have formalized a collaboration that will foster a new level of cooperation between the organizations. The goal of the collaboration...

Novo Nordisk Donates $50,000 to Diabetes Hands Foundation

Novo Nordisk announced that it has donated $50,000 to the Diabetes Hands Foundation, a non-profit organization that raises diabetes awareness and connects people touched by the condition...

Diabetes Fundraiser: Brenda Novak For the Cure of Diabetes

Brenda Novak, mother of five and bestselling New York Times and USA Today author, has raised over $1.3 million dollars for diabetes research through her annual online auctions. Brenda's youngest son, Thad, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of five.

Simple Quinoa Pizza Crust

This delicious gluten-free, dairy-free pizza crust is chewy and slightly crispy on the edges, but soft in the center. It reminds me of a good New York style crust. No more complicated recipes, complete with yeast and rise times and multiple gluten-free flours.

Diabetes Hands Foundation’s Big Blue Test Kicks Off November 1st

People with diabetes will help change the lives for others with diabetes in need as they do something in unison – exercise. Every time someone participates in the Big Blue Test and shares the experience on BigBlueTest.org, a donation of life-saving supplies will be made on their behalf to someone with diabetes in need...

Researchers Discover Potential Avenues for Early Detection of Type 1 Diabetes

A new study from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has found that type 1 diabetes, or autoimmune diabetes, is preceded by diminished gut microbial diversity of the Clostridium leptum subgroup, elevated plasma leptin and enhanced glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. In the past, VTT researches have found that specific metabolic disturbances...

FDA Grants Medtronic Approval to Conduct In-Home Study of Insulin Pump with Low Glucose Suspend

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given Medtronic approval of its Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) to conduct a pivotal in-home clinical trial protocol for the ASPIRE (Automation to Simulate Pancreatic InsulinREsponse) study of the MiniMed Paradigm® System featuring Low Glucose Suspend (LGS) automation. FDA approval of the IDE makes Medtronic’s ASPIRE study the first in-home pivotal trial of a closed loop system for type 1 diabetes management...

Team Type 1 To Run 3,000 Mile Cross Country Relay

Ten members of the Team Type 1-SANOFI running team will set off to run 3,000 miles across America in an effort to spread the message of better health through proper diabetes management, increase awareness of the growing diabetes crisis in the U.S., and promote prevention through exercise. The athletes, who all have type 1 diabetes, are part of Team Type 1 which is a global sports organization dedicated to radically changing the lives of people around the world with diabetes...

Positive Phase 2 Results for Halozyme’s Ultra Fast Insulins

Halozyme Therapeutics, a San Diego based biopharmaceutical company, announced positive results from two Phase 2 clinical trials of its ultrafast PH20 insulin analog formulations in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes...

Dark Chocolate Covered Bacon

Last week, in writing about how we handle Halloween in our house with a child who has type 1 diabetes, I raised the unlikely possibility of the kids finding chocolate covered bacon in their trick-or-treat bags. With fall in the air and the crazy food creations of the State Fair just a few days off, my comment inspired the question: why not make a batch? And so we did.