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Researchers Find Possible Trigger in Development of Type 1 Diabetes
JDRF-funded scientists from the Indiana University School of Medicine have found that a specific type of cellular stress takes place in pancreatic beta cells before the onset of type 1 diabetes and this stress response in the beta cell may in fact help ignite the autoimmune attack....
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The Health Benefits of Coconut Oil
When I was about five-years-old, my mother brought home a whole, hairy coconut and sat down with me and my little brother on our brick red linoleum kitchen floor in Houston...
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Experimental Diabetes Drug Shows Improved Glycemic Control
A new study evaluating the efficacy and safety of adding dapagliflozin therapy to the treatment of type 2 diabetes patients whose blood glucose levels remain poorly controlled despite high doses of insulin was published today in the Annuls of Internal Medicine...
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First US Artificial Pancreas Outpatient Trial Approved by FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first outpatient artificial pancreas trial in the United States, marking a critical development in the effort by JDRF and its allies to bring this innovative and lifesaving diabetes technology to people with type 1 diabetes...
One More Hill: Images of My First 5K
On Sunday, I ran my first 5K ever. Woo hoo! Even though my daughter and I have been running steadily for 12 weeks now, I wasn’t sure I was cut out…
And so it begins…
With a recent A1C of 5.8, you might think I’d be willing to rest on my laurels. And I am, sort of. But now that I’ve got that number under…
Cleaning Products Can Damage Your Insulin Pump
Although I live in an apartment with cat and dog hair scattered around and all the dirt that three little boys bring home, I'm a clean-freak at heart. I clean the keyboard on my laptop, I've been known to wipe down my cell phone, and recently I've thought quite a bit about the fact that Mike's insulin pump, which he's had for about nine months, is long overdue for a wash down...