They deal with diabetes as best they can, with two test strips a day to measure their glucose and an insulin preparation that should be banned for kids with type 1 diabetes...
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I became vigilant in my bladder awareness, afraid that I would find myself having to use the bathroom somewhere far away from that damn orange jug. What if I forgot? What if I lost it? (What?! Where would I lose it?)...
Continuous glucose monitoring systems maker DexCom, Inc. and Tandem, the developer of first ever touch-screen insulin pump, announced that they have signed a Development and Commercialization Agreement to integrate a future generation of DexCom's...
Novo Nordisk has decided to establish a type 1 diabetes research and development center in Seattle, Washington.
The unique concept behind the new center is to pursue a translational research approach characterized by combining basic research...
There are small things that can contribute grains of humanity to the doctor-patient encounter, such as how we address patients...
Paula Deen has been privately suffering from type 2 diabetes for three years. Now she’s gone public with both her diabetes and her treatment with Victoza...
After days of rumors regarding Paula Deen's diabetes diagnosis, the woman dubbed the Queen of Southern Cuisine has announced that she and her sons have partnered up with Novo Nordisk to launch Diabetes in a New Light™, a national initiative to help adults find simple ways...
I think about the roles my children play because of diabetes, since childhood for them is anything but ordinary...
Participating in a clinical trial is truly giving of oneself. No matter how my story ends, I will never question my decision to have tried...
I am no longer the sick dancer. I'm just a dancer who beeps once in a while in rehearsal.