For over a year now the Type 1 diabetes community has been eagerly awaiting better data on the risk posed by the novel coronavirus. While we now more…
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For months now, we’ve been reporting on one of the weirdest emerging stories of the coronavirus era: the increasingly apparent fact that COVID-19…
This spring we were among the first news sources anywhere to report on the bizarre and distressing phenomenon: Is COVID-19 Causing Diabetes? At…
Experts demand “immediate revision” to vaccine policy for Type 1 diabetes
If you’re an American with Type 1 diabetes and you’ve tried to sign up…
While it has long been known that people with Type 2 diabetes are at an enhanced risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19, our understanding…
Insulin Treatment is Associated with Increased Mortality in People with Type 2 Diabetes and Covid-19
A new study in Cell Metabolism has suggested that patients with COVID-19 and Type 2 diabetes that received insulin treatments were significantly…
There was both good news and bad news last week when a team of Scottish doctors published their research on the impact of the COVID-19 lockdowns on…
You May Be Leptin-Resistant. Here’s Why It’s Important.
In the diabetes world, leptin doesn’t get nearly the attention that other hormone, insulin,…
A new survey shows that 44% of Americans that use insulin to treat their diabetes have struggled to afford their insulin in the last year.
The survey…
In late May, we wrote about the first studies to explicitly analyze the health outcomes of people with Type 1 diabetes during the coronavirus pandemic.…