Did you know that kidney disease doesn’t have any symptoms in its early stages? That’s why it’s so important to be proactive in caring for these bean-shaped fluid-filterers. Drs. E+P share the three things you can do to avoid kidney disease, two tests you should have every year, and CKD treatment options that can prevent its progression.
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CGM alarms and sleeping with a sheet stealer aren’t the only annoying things that can impact a good night’s sleep. Endocrinologist Dr. Robert Thomas shares tips on how to improve your sleep hygiene (yes, this is a thing) if you live with type 1 diabetes.
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Over 500 people with type 1 diabetes from around the world take over San Diego’s Paradise Point Resort for a weekend retreat with top-level T1D education and high-energy fun. Come see why ONE is the ultimate weekend getaway for people with type 1…and loved ONEs!
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Writer, speaker, and T1D Kerri Sparling has been a Tandem t:slim X2 insulin pump user for years, but she recently switched to the new Tandem Mobi. Kerri shares her thoughts on the smaller, slimmed down pump, including her favorite features and what surprised her the most about wearing it.
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After seeing the struggles her patients faced living with type 1 diabetes, Dr. Tina Gupta was compelled to do more to help. She left clinical practice and joined Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a company researching treatment therapies that replace non-functioning beta cells with stem-cell- derived cells to try to reduce or eliminate the need for people with T1D to take insulin.
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Move over time in range…time in TIGHT range wants a seat at the table. But should we make room? Dr. Pettus explains what TITR is, how it developed, and whether or not it’s time to embrace it.
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals is looking for people living with type 1 diabetes to participate in a study of an investigational cell-based therapy to see if it could potentially reduce or eliminate the need for people with type 1 to take insulin.
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When Aubrey Molgaard’s young daughter Elin showed signs of type 1 diabetes, Aubrey traveled across two states to get Elin on a new medication called Tzield that delays the onset of type 1. Elin was the first child in Iowa to receive the medication, and she remains insulin free to this day.
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The three determined members of team “Dia-Bet-U-Can’t-Beat-Us” had a mission greater than finishing the 70.3-mile Oceanside, CA Ironman when they competed in April, which fueled their resolve to overcome the challenges they faced in in the 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike ride and 13.1-mile run.
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For years and years (and years), the “red suitcase” was the main glucagon rescue kit most people with type 1 diabetes had stashed somewhere in case of emergency. Thankfully, we now have two newer glucagon options that are much easier to administer. Drs. E+P explain how to use each one, and they discuss the research and off-label mini-dose glucagon experiments people are conducting that may be a mirror into the future.
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Learn from Experts Who Live with Type 1 in Paradise–The Ultimate T1D Community Experience!
