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Sampling technology for managing diabetes

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Diabetes is a critical health problem. More than 30 million Americans have diabetes – but 23 million of them, according to the CDC, are undiagnosed. It is estimated that 30% of the overweight adults have diabetes – and most diabetics are overweight. Today, the obesity rate for adults 60 and over has risen to 41%.

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Type 1 Diabetes Can Wear You Down

Insulin Nation

Editor’s note: We strive to provide a complete picture of life with Type 1 diabetes. I was six years old when I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. In my case, it is a form known as brittle diabetes, or Labile diabetes. Diabetes became my Cause. I was an Advocate for Awareness, a Defender of Diabetic Rights.

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Primary care physicians could take $15 billion hit due to COVID-19 in 2020

Henry Kotula

The new study by researchers from Harvard Medical School and the American Board of Family Medicine attempts to put a price tag on that hit by running a microsimulation for projected 2020 revenues based on volume data for general practices, general internal medicine practices, general pediatric practices and family medicine practices.

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Type 1 Diabetes Can Wear You Down

Insulin Nation

Editor’s note: We strive to provide a complete picture of life with Type 1 diabetes. I was six years old when I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. In my case, it is a form known as brittle diabetes, or Labile diabetes. Diabetes became my Cause. I was an Advocate for Awareness, a Defender of Diabetic Rights.

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The T1 Female Heart: Avoiding Heart Disease in Your Life

Insulin Nation

Women living with type 1 diabetes have a five times greater risk for heart failure than nondiabetic women. This excess risk appears to be from a combination of factors, including the damage caused by type 1 diabetes and circumstances that are uniquely female, such as hormones, body fat, and disproportionate medical care.

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Breaking the Cycle of Financial Toxicity

GlobalMed

healthcare spending in 2017, Americans paid $365.5 A distress common to Americans with serious or chronic diseases, financial toxicity can diminish treatment outcomes and impact physical and mental health. Over time, chronic stress can fuel problems with high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes and heart disease. trillion in U.S.