The diabetes industry comes out en force and it was exciting to see many newsworthy announcements at a conference with so much direct access to people in the D-Community. Here’s what we captured our attention the most, from both the exhibit hall floor and the presentation sessions.
Even though health officials readily admit that diabetes is an urgent public health problem, a new diabetes medicine or device usually finds itself in ninth position on the FDA docket for a pre-market clearance. To understand why requires an understanding of the history of the FDA, and its limitations.
Damage to the nerves (the vagus nerve) of the gastrointestinal tract causes a loss of stomach and intestinal motor control. This can lead to a mismatch between when you digest food and glucose enters the blood stream and the action time of insulin.
So here are 11 things I’ve learned about managing blood sugar from my everyday experience. Any may help you and you’re not likely to hear them from your doctor.
There’s one pretty mind-blowing characteristic about the people who live in these five communities throughout the world: Okinawa, Japan; Sardinia, Italy; the Greek island of Ikaria, the Nicoya peninsula of Costa Rica, and Loma Linda, Calif. On average, they live to the ripe age of 100 years old at rates 10 times higher than the […]
One of the highlights of this year’s ADA Exhibit Hall was NeuroMetrix’s Quell chronic pain management device. Quell is the over the counter version (no prescription needed) of a previous NeuroMetrix device called Sensus – it uses nerve stimulation to treat multiple types of chronic pain, including diabetic neuropathy and fibromyalgia.
It’s amazing that another month has gone by already. It’s certainly been a busy one here at the ‘Mine, and there’s been a lot going on around the Diabetes Online Community (DOC) as well.
Swallowing a daily dose of insulin is safe, and it may act like a vaccine to prevent type 1 diabetes, a small new study shows. If the results can be repeated in larger and longer trials, the approach may one day be used to help young children at high risk of the disease avoid getting […]
In our recent series on what the law says about diabetes workplace discrimination we’ve been focusing on the protections offered by the Americans with Disabilities Act. However, there are several other laws which also cover workplace discrimination and diabetes, especially when it comes to complications with the condition.
Just the other day, we had a good April 1 laugh about all the hyped-up diabetes “cure” headlines. But today, we’re looking more seriously at how Big Pharma is putting its money where its mouth is, as in fighting diabetes for real by investing in cure research. No joke.
Modern life, with its preponderance of inadequate exposure to natural light during the day and overexposure to artificial light at night, is not conducive to the body’s natural sleep/wake cycle. It’s an emerging topic in health, one that UConn Health (University of Connecticut, Farmington, Conn.) cancer epidemiologist Richard Stevens has been studying for three decades.
Doctors at Joslin Diabetes Center think America’s emerging healthcare system will greatly benefit those with complex, chronic disorders like type 1 diabetes.
February may be a shorter month, but that doesn’t mean our Diabetes Online Community (DOC) was short of amazing content. There was a lot of love in the AroundDOCFebruaryair as usual this Valentine’s month, and unfortunately a lot of snow for our friends in much of the Eastern part of the U.S. Here are the […]
In a landmark new study, researchers found that babies who consumed the equivalent of about 4 heaping teaspoons of peanut butter each week, starting when they were between 4 and 11 months old, were about 80 percent less likely to develop a peanut allergy by age 5.
Changes include a new blood sugar standard for children and adolescents; a lower BMI screening threshold for Asian Americans; and new recommendations on statin use based on risk status
Here’s a roundup of what we expect to see on the D-Tech scene in 2015, with some insights and observations sprinkled in from our end.
Here are 8 more tips for achieving your diabetes goals in 2015. Many of the items on this list are things you’ve probably already thought of, but it doesn’t hurt to have some positive reinforcement
From artificial pancreas trials to stem cell breakthroughs, 2014 was a big year for Type 1 diabetes news. Insulin Nation has compiled 10 big ideas in treatment and technology from the past year.
This week, Wil takes on two questions about how other conditions play into diabetes and what our D-Community might need to know when factoring those other health hassles in.
This past week, our team was fortunate to attend the DiabetesMine D-Data Exchange and Innovation Summit – two days that gather some of the brightest minds in diabetes technology to discuss ways to further innovations in diabetes.