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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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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