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Insulet takes another step closer to introduce artificial pancreas

By ARUNDHATI PARMAR Another established device maker is throwing its hat in the ring of artificial pancreas development. Insulet, the maker of the tubeless insulin pump, announced Tuesday that the first patient has completed the feasibility study to test its OmniPod Horizon Automated … Continue reading

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Managing your diabetes in hot weather

The summer heat can negatively impact your diabetes if you don’t take precautions. With high temperatures during summers, your blood sugar control can become a challenge. Heat can affect your diabetes control in multiple ways. Depending on the type of … Continue reading

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Peer support, connectivity empower college students with diabetes

SAN DIEGO — Young adults with type 1 diabetes often struggle with the new and added burden of managing a complicated disease on their own as they head off to college, yet many clinical providers and diabetes educators fail to … Continue reading

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Even Small Bursts of Exercise Can Make Kids Healthier

As little as 20 minutes of activity three times a week could go a long way. Getting kids to exercise is hard. Getting kids to exercise a lot is harder. That’s always been a problem, but it’s even more so … Continue reading

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FDA approves expanded pediatric indication for t:slim pump

The FDA approved an expanded pediatric indication for the t:slim insulin pump, lowering its indicated age for use in children from those aged at least 12 years to age 6 years, Tandem Diabetes Care announced in a press release. The … Continue reading

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Adolescent girls with type 1 diabetes have worse perception of condition than boys

Teenage girls with type 1 diabetes are more likely to have negative perceptions of the condition compared with teenage boys with type 1 diabetes, a study finds. Researchers at Oslo University Hospital, Norway stress that a tailored treatment approach could … Continue reading

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Huge study of diabetes risk shows many common genes at play

A study examining the genes of more than 120,000 people from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas has offered the clearest picture yet of the genes that drive type 2 diabetes. The study, published on Monday in the journal Nature, … Continue reading

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US study finds hypoglycemia makes people with type 1 diabetes fearful of exercise

Many people with type 1 diabetes have problems keeping their blood glucose levels under control when exercising, according to a new US study. Exercise is extremely beneficial for people with type 1 diabetes because it can help regulate blood sugar … Continue reading

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