Insulin Nation

DECEMBER 12, 2014

'When I first met my wife, she didn’t know much about diabetes. She quickly got a crash course. A couple of weeks after we started dating, we were talking on the phone when my blood sugar crashed. Trying to keep up my end of the conversation got increasingly difficult as my brain became more deprived of glucose. At some point I accepted that this wasn’t going to get any better on its own and I was able to piece together a sentence explaining that I would have to call her back.

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Chilmark Research

DECEMBER 9, 2014

For better or for worse, 2014 was a big year for consumer engagement. Big on promises from industry on wearables, smartphone platforms, and connected health, to the tune of over half a billion dollars of VC investments in consumer-related healthcare companies. Big on growth for consumer-centered technologies ( video visits ) and disruptive models of care such as the 2,000 retail clinics that now exist across the country.

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ACA Times

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced $36.3 million in quality improvement awards to 1,113 centers nationwide. The money, provided through the Affordable Care Act, recognizes quality improvement achievements made by the centers and provides funding for ongoing quality improvement activities. The health centers received awards for achievements in chronic disease management, preventive care and the use of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) to report quality data.

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Insulin Nation

DECEMBER 8, 2014

'Alan Thicke is worried that he will arrive late to his venue, so he calls from the road for our telephone interview. Thicke, who stars with his family in the mock-reality television show Unusually Thicke , is racing to a venue in New Jersey to host a show called Dancing Pros Live. “It’s like Dancing With the Stars , but without the stars,” Thicke quips.

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Insulin Nation

DECEMBER 11, 2014

'This profile was excerpted from My Sweet Life: Successful Women with Diabetes , edited by Dr. Beverly S. Adler. The summer before starting second grade, I started to wet the bed again. Nothing too dramatic, but enough that my parents were concerned. I seemed healthy, otherwise, so their response to this odd bedwetting revival was to buy an alarm that connected to my underpants.

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Insulin Nation

DECEMBER 8, 2014

'Integrated Diabetes Services provides detailed advice and coaching on diabetes management from certified diabetes educators and dieticians. Each week, the team answers questions from people affected by Type 1 diabetes. Q: Is there any reason not to inject insulin directly into muscle? A: There is really no medical evidence that intramuscular injections are harmful.

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ACA Times

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Nearly 1.4 million consumers signed up for coverage under the Affordable Care Act on the federal health insurance exchange during the first three weeks of open enrollment, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Dec. 10. During open enrollment, HHS will release weekly snapshots of preliminary data drawn only from the federal exchange, or CuidadodeSalud.gov , and callers to the federal call center at 800-318-2596.

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ACA Times

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Because the Act, Americans will for the first have to declare that they have in the they file by April 15 th 2015, or pay a penalty if they don’t. But nearly half taxpayers don’t know about the requirement. That’s the finding a Harris Poll 2,000 adults commissioned by Intuit TurboTax. About 48% respondents said they were unaware they will have to declare their status the they file for their 2014 income, according to BenefitsPro.com.

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Insulin Nation

DECEMBER 9, 2014

'A new UK survey finds that people with diabetes are being unfairly denied access to blood glucose test strips. The survey, conducted by the advocacy group Diabetes UK , confirms earlier survey reports that show widespread restrictions on test strip access within the country’s national health system. The new survey polled 1300 people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. 46 percent of those surveyed said their prescriptions for test strips were refused or restricted in the last 12 months.

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