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Half of Americans Will Suffer from Diabetes or Prediabetes by 2020 at a Cost of $3.35 Trillion

A new report by UnitedHealth Group’s Center for Health Reform & Modernization estimates that more than 50 percent of Americans could have diabetes or prediabetes by 2020 at a cost of $3.35 trillion over the next decade if current trends continue. If this estimate is correct diabetes and prediabetes will account for an estimated 10 percent ...

Bristol-Myers Squibb Commits $100 Million to Fighting Type 2 Diabetes in the US

The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation announced the Together on Diabetes initiative, the largest corporate philanthropic commitment to fighting type 2 diabetes in the United States to date. The $100 million, five year initiative aims to help patients living with type 2 diabetes better manage their disease beyond the doors of their doctor’s office. Together on Diabetes is the Foundation’s first large-scale diabetes initiative. Working with a wide variety of...

A Growing Awareness: Talking to The ADA’s Dr. Richard M. Bergenstal

The ADA shies away from the label "noncompliant," and encourages diabetes care teams to do the same. The problem isn't noncompliance, Dr. Bergenstal explains; the problem is life...

Mother, Best-Selling Author, and Fundraiser: An Interview With Brenda Novak

The school wouldn’t allow Thad to keep his tester kit with him in the classroom. It had to remain in the office, where he couldn’t even get to it when he needed it...

Diabetes UK Launches Effort to Involve Diabetes Patients in Diabetes Research

A new service has been launched on the Diabetes UK website to help people with diabetes get involved in research. By participating in a clinical study or trial, volunteers can play an important part in helping to prevent diabetes, develop new and better treatments, or even one day in finding a cure...

Be Part Of The Cure

Join the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) and be part of the “CURE" for type one diabetes by making a donation (as little as $10) and uploading a photo and personal story into a virtual mosaic that spells the word C-U-R-E. You will be able to see the collage filling up with thousands of photos and stories and can search for yourself and those who you know. Two corporations supporting this effort have agreed to match up to the first $25,000.

Watch This Video, Support the Big Blue Test

What started a year ago as a creative way to encourage people with diabetes to stay active has grown into a global campaign to raise awareness about the benefits of moderate exercise for people with diabetes and help fund two vital diabetes charities...

National Diabetes Awareness Month and World Diabetes Day

November is Diabetes Awareness Month and November 14th is World Diabetes Day, and there are many efforts, campaigns, and initiatives taking place. The American Diabetes Association has launched a video contest which runs throughout the month. Click here to find out how you can share your vision to stop diabetes. JDRF is running a campaign called Type 1 Talk, with a video introduction by Crystal Bowersox.

Training Smarter, Not Harder: An Interview With Melissa-Marie Kauffman

One of the things I love best about The Barton Center is that it stresses the importance of kids with diabetes maintaining an active lifestyle...

Diabetes Drug Prescriptions in England Up By 40%

The cost and number of drugs prescribed to treat diabetes in England has risen by more than 40 percent in the last five years, according to a new National Health Service (NHS) report released today. According to Diabetes UK the NHS Information Centre has found that just over 35.5 million prescription items were dispensed in primary care units across England...