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Fear of Hypoglycemia: New Tool Helps Docs Identify “FoH” in People with Diabetes
Hypoglycemia (low blood glucose) can be terrifying. Even a relatively mild hypo can be so uncomfortable, nerve-wracking, stressful, and scary…
Total Transparency: How Cost Plus Drugs Sells Affordable Medications
Editor’s note: T1D Exchange has no active partnership with Cost Plus Drugs at the time of publication. T1D Exchange does…
All About the Medtronic Minimed 780G Closed-Loop Automated Insulin Pump System
Medtronic’s Minimed 780G hybrid closed-loop system received FDA approval on April 21, 2023, for use in people ages 7 and…
Improving Diabetes Healthcare: Creating Space for Providers to Learn & Share
When healthcare providers from different clinics share and learn from each other, patients win. While we continue to see the…
Promising Treatment for Recently Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes Receives JDRF Funding
Diamyd Medical and JDRF recently announced a four-year research and development collaboration focused largely on the Phase 3 trial of…
Diagnosed with T1D in 1972: I Believed I Wouldn’t Live Past 45 Years Old
Jack Collins was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D) in 1972 — about 50 years ago. Despite having a blood…
Our Research: Your Experience with T1D & Severe Hypoglycemia
Onlookers might think the scariest parts of living with type 1 diabetes (T1D) are the daily injections and the long-term…
Using Our Methods to Improve Type 2 Diabetes Healthcare
Our work developing and facilitating research that improves care and life with diabetes is no longer limited to type 1…
Managing Type 1 Diabetes with the Flu, Stomach Virus, or Severe Cold
For a person with type 1 diabetes (T1D), everyday illnesses like the flu, a stomach virus, or a severe cold…
Type 1 Diabetes Stem Cell Therapy Gets Greenlight for Human Trials
On March 9, 2023, Vertex Pharmaceuticals received FDA clearance to begin human trials with a new stem cell therapy, VX-264….