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Pretty Panties for Pumpers, from A Sweet Life

Nov 4, 2015 | Featured

If you have a pump, you need a “pump place”, like a pocket or bra or thigh thingie. Jessica Apple offered up a bunch of panty options for you to check out, including built-in-pocket-underwear, Swedish-made panties and Canadian custom-made panties....

Track Diabetes Related Bills in Congress

Nov 3, 2015 | Featured

The easiest way to follow congressional bills that you are interested in, go to https://www.govtrack.us/. Be sure to bookmark this site for future reference. Under SEARCH, type in the topic that you want to follow. For example, if you type in CGM today, you will see...

JDRF Demands Coverage of Glucose Monitors: Reprint from LillyPad, 10/30/15

Nov 3, 2015 | Featured

PUBLISHED on 10/20/2015, Lilly’s LillyPad: Today’s guest blog comes to us from Cynthia Rice, the Senior Vice President of Advocacy & Policy at JDRF. She is responsible for JDRF’s advocacy to Congress, the executive branch, regulatory agencies and health...

Wine … good for diabetes?!

Oct 16, 2015 | Featured, Research News

According to a New York Times article this week, a study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, people with Type 2 diabetes may benefit from a daily glass of wine, a study says. Israeli researchers randomly assigned 224 patients, all alcohol abstainers with...