Insulin Nation
JUNE 2, 2014
'Commentary. When my daughter was first diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, I thought our biggest challenge would be the disease itself. I never imagined we would have to simultaneously combat Type 1 diabetes and public ignorance. Yet during the past six years, a major challenge has been a lack of understanding about the differences between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.
Medicine and Technology
JUNE 4, 2014
In a few weeks, the Innovation HealthJam will happen online! June 17-19. Here's what it's going to be about: Come together for this Innovation HealthJam and help brainstorm new ideas for the healthcare technology area. This event will challenge a large diverse group within the medical eco-system to re-frame health care in the United States. This online brainstorming event will bring together healthcare providers, healthcare technology companies, universities, patient advocacy groups, trade assoc
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Insulin Nation
JUNE 2, 2014
'From hard experience, I have learned to ask my patients with diabetes whether their weight is up, down, or stable and, just as importantly, why they think this is happening. It’s always best to listen first. We hear so much about weight being an issue for people with Type 2 diabetes, but maintaining a healthy weight can also be a struggle for people with Type 1 diabetes.
Insulin Nation
JUNE 6, 2014
'Commentary. zeber / Shutterstock.com. A huge number of people living with Type 1 diabetes can’t reliably obtain needed insulin. I spoke to David Beran, an advisor for the International Insulin Foundation (IIF), and he told me that approximately one-third of the world’s population lacks guaranteed access to essential medicines. In the poorest parts of Africa and Asia, this proportion increases to a half.
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Insulin Nation
JUNE 6, 2014
'A day for a person with diabetes like myself is broken up into a series of peaks and valleys, when it comes to both blood sugar levels and emotional stability. Too often, we address the former without paying attention to the latter. I find, however, that the two are more intertwined than even I would care to admit. Treating Type 1 diabetes often includes a series of frustrations and setbacks, and how I view these setbacks determines how well I circumvent them.
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Insulin Nation
JUNE 2, 2014
'In Shawn Shepheard’s new memoir, Life is Sweet , he details how he learned to embrace the challenge of late-in-life Type 1 diabetes. In this edited excerpt, Shepheard first discovers he has diabetes while traveling for work: So there I stand at the urinal. Peeing. Again. It’s my fourth visit to the restroom and I’ve only been up for two hours. What is going on?
Insulin Nation
JUNE 4, 2014
'In Shawn Shepheard’s new memoir, Life is Sweet , he details how he learned to embrace the challenge of late-in-life Type 1 diabetes. In this edited excerpt, Shepheard discusses the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people to stay positive about diabetes: Connected in Motion – Photo Credit: Mike Last. The term “dream team” should not be reserved for the American Olympic basketball team or, up here in the Great White North, for the Canadian Olympic Hockey team.
Insulin Nation
JUNE 6, 2014
'Este artículo fue traducido en español por Mila Ferrer. Hay un tiempo de sueño que a menudo acompaña a las recaudaciones de fondos para buenas causas que se efectúan en las noches. Los asistentes utilizan su energía social durante la hora del cóctel y luego comienzan a perder fuerza ya que el largo día de trabajo comienza a sentirse en sus cuerpos.
Medicine and Technology
JUNE 3, 2014
Yesterday, the FDA announced a new initiative called openFDA to give developers, health care researchers, clinicians, and the public access to important public health data. openFDA is currently in beta, but it's definitely looking quite promising. OpenFDA utilizes a search-based Application Program Interface (API) to collect large amounts of existing publicly available data, offering developers the ability to search through text within that data, ranking results much like a search using Google w
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