The Diabetic's Corner Booth

You never look forward to an experience welcoming the paramedics to help deal with a diabetes emergency. I'd gone over a decade since that was last needed. But a paramedic-summoning Low blood...

http://www.thediabeticscornerbooth.com/2023/09/a-diabetes-anomaly-for-paramedics.html

I've been enjoying my alcohol drinks a bit too much during the past several years. This has not gotten to a point where I've developed a problem. But it's just been too much, which has led to a...

http://www.thediabeticscornerbooth.com/2023/03/less-alcohol-healthier-mindset-for-2023.html

Not too long ago, I came down with an unknown viral bug that knocked me off my game for a couple weeks. It wasn't immediately diagnosed, but turned out being a viral stomach flu that was prob...

http://www.thediabeticscornerbooth.com/2023/02/the-unpredictable-stability-of-diabetes.html

Middle of the night. My 2 AM ceiling transforms into a canvas, a lack of light creating the perfect patch of blank page for the mind to paint a masterpiece. A candle sits on the table below, the...

http://www.thediabeticscornerbooth.com/2022/06/the-dancing-flame.html

"As one chapter closes..." A decade ago in 2012, I had the privilege of joining with my friend and fellow diabetes advocate Amy Tenderich at DiabetesMine. At that time, my journalism career evol...

http://www.thediabeticscornerbooth.com/2022/04/goodbye-diabetesmine.html

So many people with diabetes whose lives depend on insulin are struggling to afford and get access to this life-sustaining medication, and in some cases, they're rationing and even dying as a res...

http://www.thediabeticscornerbooth.com/2022/02/spare-rose-helping-people-with-diabetes.html

 The invention of a "noninvasive" device that can measure blood glucose for people with diabetes with no need to poke the skin and draw blood has been the dream for decades. After all, why wou...

http://www.thediabeticscornerbooth.com/2022/01/non-invasive-diabetes-tech-never-ending.html

As we look to what's ahead in new diabetes technology for 2022, many may experience a sense of déjà vu. After all, much of what we'd anticipated for 2021 was delayed because of the continuin...

http://www.thediabeticscornerbooth.com/2022/01/new-diabetes-technology-what-to-expect.html

In the coming years, Tandem Diabetes Care has ambitious plans to introduce the next version of its tubed t:slim insulin pump, a series of three smaller devices to reduce and eventually eliminate ...

http://www.thediabeticscornerbooth.com/2021/12/tandem-diabetes-care-plans-for-future.html

It wasn't until a quarter century after being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D) that Lori Salsbury in Arkansas realized the condition she'd been living with since she was 15 years old might no...

http://www.thediabeticscornerbooth.com/2021/12/mody-rare-but-increasingly-common-form.html

As Labor Day offrs a break from our usual work routines, let's take a moment to recognize all those who devote their lives to making a difference for the Diabetes Community -- everyone from resea...

http://www.thediabeticscornerbooth.com/2021/09/an-ode-to-diabetes-workforce-on-labor.html

The American Diabetes Association's annual conference, known as the ADA Scientific Sessions , is always the biggest diabetes event of the year, and 2021 marked the second time this 5-day congr...

http://www.thediabeticscornerbooth.com/2021/07/highlights-of-american-diabetes.html

You may have seen diabetes weaved in to the storyline of a favorite TV show or new movie every so often. The condition is frequently used as a quick punchline or one-liner, or some kind of a foil...

http://www.thediabeticscornerbooth.com/2021/05/flipping-script-on-diabetes-awareness.html

People with diabetes could be seeing a turning point in ease of obtaining supplies for continuous glucose monitors, as more of these products make their way into local pharmacies. While CGMs ha...

http://www.thediabeticscornerbooth.com/2021/04/buying-cgm-supplies-at-pharmacy.html

 Hopefully you’re all aware that March is Women’s History Month , and March 8 marks International Woman’s Day every year. With that, we are proud to highlight some of the influential wom...

http://www.thediabeticscornerbooth.com/2021/03/honoring-women-in-diabetes-history.html

Many experts believe that diabetes care is ideally suited to telehealth, given the fact that glucose readings and other data guide disease management — and that can easily be jointly reviewed a...

http://www.thediabeticscornerbooth.com/2021/02/for-diabetes-care-telehealth-is-keeper.html

Dr. Drew Weissman at the University of Pennsylvania isn't one to seek the spotlight. But as one of the two key researchers behind the science used to develop the first COVID-19 vaccines, ...

http://www.thediabeticscornerbooth.com/2021/02/we-can-thank-this-researcher-with-type.html

Illustration by @llnere Have you ever imagined playing a being from outer space, flying around the far reaches of the galaxy, all while managing your type 1 diabetes (T1D) under a heavy load...

http://www.thediabeticscornerbooth.com/2021/01/star-trek-discovery-actor-talks.html

UPDATE: Tidepool received FDA clearance on Jan. 23, 2023 Tidepool Loop, a first-of-its-kind app that will connect with a variety of compatible insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors (CG...

http://www.thediabeticscornerbooth.com/2021/01/tidepool-loop-app-for-automating.html

Dr. Denise Faustman is known in many circles as one of the most controversial figures in type 1 diabetes (T1D) cure research . She's raised millions of dollars and waves of hope with her work ...

http://www.thediabeticscornerbooth.com/2021/01/why-dr-denise-faustman-isnt-deterred-by.html

2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the most important and impactful event for many in the Diabetes Community: the discovery of the life-sustaining liquid that would transform this condition from...

http://www.thediabeticscornerbooth.com/2021/01/the-big-100th-anniversary-for-insulin.html

A writer carries a pen. That is the way it is. For as long as I recall, that's how it has been. Moments have appeared, of course, where that vow failed. Where I did not have a pen to write wi...

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  Human beings look to the stars. We always have, always will. That becomes clear even more in a year like 2020, when the world is caught up in a pandemic that's reached global health cri...

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Maple syrup is an American favorite, given its North American origins and delectable sweetness, and many find it to be the perfect complement to holiday feasts. But if you live with diabetes, ...

http://www.thediabeticscornerbooth.com/2020/11/a-new-maple-cream-designed-for-low.html

You may remember her as the Miss America beauty pageant contestant famous for wearing an insulin pump on national TV during the swimsuit competition, but fellow type 1 Sierra Sandison is so m...

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