By Nadia Al-Samarrie IndyCar racer Charlie Kimball is back on the racing track now with AJ Foyt as a full-time driver (No. 4 Chevrolet) in the 2020 NTT 17th IndyCar Series. Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 22, four years into his professional racing career, Kimball did not let that stop him from following his passion. “Diabetes is a team sport,” says

Say the word “ticks” to people you know and it is highly likely that you will see a look of disgust—even dread—on their faces. We all know that getting bitten and blood-sucked by a tick can lead to the painful, hard-to-diagnose Lyme disease. In many ways, because it can present confusing and hard-to-diagnose symptoms, Lyme disease is much like fibromyalgia—a disease that can have confusing

One of the most interesting aspects of covering developments in the type 2 diabetes community is when researchers or companies announce a new medication for controlling and managing diabetes. That’s certainly the case with Rhode Island-based VeroScience (http://www.veroscience.com), which is introducing its Cycloset® therapy to the diabetes marketplace. Cycloset is VeroScience’s brand name for bromocriptine mesylate, a dopamine agonist that until recently has been used

The A1c is the best known and most reliable measure diabetes patients have for tracking their blood glucose levels over a somewhat extended (three-months) period. The A1c is about to be superseded by a measure called GMI* (Glucose Management Indicator), says Kevin Sayer, President and CEO of Dexcom. Dexcom’s continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices have dramatically changed how type 1, and now type2, diabetics manage

Diabetes Health Insulin Charts By Nadia Al-Samarrie If you have been one of the voices demanding change because having to choose between household expenses, medical supplies and insulin- has infuriated you, then you will be excited to know that your voice has been heard, easing the high cost of your insulin medication. As of yesterday, all the insulin pharmaceutical companies offer discounted insulin . For

Summer is here, but has your child’s daily medication fled with the April showers? According to a study conducted by the Women’s and Children’s Hospital in North Adelaide, Australia, children’s adherence to their medication tends to taper off during the holidays and over the weekend. This can pose a number of difficulties for those who require daily doses to help manage chronic conditions like type

Nick Jonas, our podcast guest, will be joining us, to talk about a new diabetes site for people living with type 1 diabetes. He is a singer/songwriter, patient advocate and a person living with Type 1 diabetes. He is one of 4 founders for BeyondType1; a nonprofit committed to donating 100% of your contributions to education, advocacy and curing type 1 diabetes. If you would

I have received many questions about insulin costs. The most common concern? The price of insulin and long-term affordability. In this episode, I interviewed Michael Castagna, Chief Executive Officer of MannKind, the makers of the inhaled insulin about their 4 …

Click here to listen to today’s Diabetes Health in the News Podcast! Researchers from Maastricht University in the Netherlands recently examined sleep patterns in overweight and obese teens. These adolescents were found to have higher homeostasis model assessment of insulin …

  Click here to listen to today’s Diabetes Health in the News Podcast! American researchers have found a way for people living with diabetes, immune cells, to do away with daily insulin injections for up to a year. People with …

Click here to listen to today’s Diabetes Health in the News Podcast! A new study published in the online journal Diabetes Care reports that intervention text messages can help those with type 2 diabetes improve their blood sugar levels. The …

Data from federal nutrition surveys have found that people who ate fast food in the last 24 hours were found to have high levels of certain industrial chemicals within their bodies. These chemicals are known as phthalates, and they are …

Data from federal nutrition surveys have found that people who ate fast food in the last 24 hours were found to have high levels of certain industrial chemicals within their bodies. These chemicals are known as phthalates, and they are used when making plastic materials more durable and flexible. They do not occur in nature but are commonly used in soap, cosmetics, and food packaging.

Click here to listen to today’s Diabetes Health in the News Podcast! A new study has found that lubiprostone is an effective and safe way to treat chronic constipation in diabetes. This medication can decrease colonic transit time and increase …

Click here to listen to today’s Diabetes Health in the News Podcast! A study published in Obesity Research and Clinical Practice indicates that people in 2008 would have weighed 10% more than in 1971 despite an identical caloric intake. According …

Researchers from the University of Virginia recently found that the use of portable and wireless artificial pancreas systems could reduce hypoglycemia. When used continuously at home, these systems both reduced hypoglycemia and increased the time patients were in glycemic range …

Listen to today’s podcast! A new study completed by a team at Harvard Medical School has found that eating green leafy vegetables every day could lessen the risk of developing glaucoma. This risk could be reduced by 20%-30% when compared …

Click here to listen to today’s Diabetes Health in the News Podcast! Researchers from the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine recently examined how caloric restriction can improve insulin sensitivity in obese patients. The study used 11 obese participants and monitored …

The current healthy eating guidelines created by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) were established in 1994, and the agency is finally taking steps in reviewing how it classifies “healthy” foods. The current guidelines have some inaccurate information, calling salmon, …

Click here to listen to today’s Diabetes Health in the News Podcast! According to a new study, altering the way that you cook could reduce your risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Poaching, steaming, and boiling foods are the healthiest …

Click here to listen to today’s Diabetes Health in the News Podcast! A new study completed at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center has determined that telemedicine may be useful in the prevention of diabetic retinopathy. The study examined nearly 100 older adults living with diabetes. Although 3% of participants did not initially know what telemedicine was, once the concept was fully explained, about

Click here to listen to today’s Diabetes Health in the News Podcast! A new study examining health care costs found that 20 conditions make up over half of all U.S. health care spending costs. This study covered over 150 conditions, …

Click here to listen to today’s Diabetes Health in the News Podcast! UK researchers from the University of Manchester recently completed a study to determine how diabetes affects life expectancy among different ethnicities. This was completed by examining data from about 188,000 patients living with diabetes from various ethnic groups. The findings showed that South Asian type 2 diabetics had a life expectancy of about