Insulin Nation

JULY 16, 2015

A BBC drama has drawn the ire of the diabetes community in the United Kingdom for its portrayal of how to treat hypoglycemia, and the show’s author hasn’t helped with her defense of the scene. According to a report in the Mirror (U.K.) , the season finale of The Syndicate featured a character with Type 1, Amy, who declared she was suffering from low blood sugar.

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Import Immunity

JULY 12, 2015

I just got back from a pretty incredible two week trip to Ireland — my son’s choice for a high school graduation experience. I don’t often get away from work for this long; when I do it always strikes me how long it takes to reset my brain, and also how worthwhile it is to do that occasionally. We pretty much circled the country by car, starting in Dublin, heading down through Cork to the Sheep’s Head Peninsula , up past the Cliffs of Moher , through Galway and Connemara before heading bac

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ACA Times

JULY 16, 2015

Despite a few glitches, the Internal Revenue Service says, the agency’s staff did a “commendable” job implementing provisions of the Affordable Care Act. The most significant new challenge the IRS faced during the 2015 filing season, the agency said, was the processing of tax returns reflecting two central provisions of the ACA: the Premium Tax Credit (PTC) and the Individual Shared Responsibility Payment (ISRP).

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

JULY 15, 2015

I have been discussing the confidentialityCode, especially within the context of IHE-XD* ( Document Sharing ). I was asked, by Keith , to give guidance on how the confidentialityCode should be set as without guidance he just tells everyone to use "N" (Normal confidentiality). Some background articles: Healthcare Privacy and Security Classification System (HCS) Data Classification - a key vector enabling rich Security and Privacy controls and other articles on my topics page Recommendation for se

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Insulin Nation

JULY 17, 2015

A study from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is testing a drug to stop the body from destroying beta cells at the onset of Type 1 diabetes, and they are casting a wide net to find volunteers, according to a WIAT.com article. After discovering that Verapamil, a blood pressure medication, could stop the destruction of beta cells in mice, researchers have been testing whether if it will do the same in humans.

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ACA Times

JULY 13, 2015

Impac t of ‘King’ on Applicable Large Employers. The Supreme Court’s decision in ‘King v. Burwell’ had ramifications for “applicable large employers” that went beyond approving payment of insurance subsidies in all states. For companies with 50 or more full-time workers, says attorney Alden Bianchi. The decision “puts an end to any hope for a reprieve from assessable payments under the ACA’s employer shared responsibility rules for employers whose

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Insulin Nation

JULY 14, 2015

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. I first became interested in this question after the ADA Scientific Sessions in Boston.

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Insulin Nation

JULY 17, 2015

The U.S. Senate Committee on Aging convened a special session July 15th to welcome delegates to the 2015 JDRF Children’s Congress and to take testimony in support of a variety of diabetes-related legislation. Despite the committee’s title, much of the testimony came from young people affected by Type 1 diabetes as part of a lobbying effort to get Medicare to cover continuous glucose monitors (CGMs).

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Insulin Nation

JULY 14, 2015

A British court has found a pharmaceutical firm to be at fault for a man’s death from diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) after a prefilled insulin syringe made by the firm failed to contain any insulin. Neil Judge, 58, died of DKA at the Northern General Hospital in Sheffield in November 22nd, 2010. According to a Mirror (UK) report, Judge required insulin while being hospitalized for an amputation; he had pancreatic disease, not Type 1.

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Insulin Nation

JULY 17, 2015

If you’re an expectant mother with Type 1, your overall blood sugar control might determine your child’s success in school, a new study suggests. The Danish study reviewed the school records of about 700 elementary kids who had mothers with Type 1, as well as the records of over 60,000 students of mothers with functioning pancreases, according to a Reuters article.

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ACA Times

JULY 14, 2015

The Obama administration has unveiled new rules aiming to address religious objections by to providing birth control to female employees as required by the Act. The change allows some to opt out providing birth control as preventive at no to workers. The employees would still receive the services directly from the ’s company. Neither the employees nor the company will be charged.

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ACA Times

JULY 17, 2015

Alaska’s Gov. Bill Walker moved to expand Medicaid, saying he will ask the administration to offer Medicaid coverage to all qualifying residents of the state. Noting that Alaska’s legislature had previously rejected expanding Medicaid, Walker gave legislators 45 days to call a special session if they want to stop him. If the lawmakers don’t block Walker’s decision, Alaska will become the 30 th state, plus the District of Columbia, to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.

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