Feb 10, 2021 | Featured, Videos
Dr. Rayhan Lal, (MD, MPH, PhD PLUS T1D and brother to T1D sisters) is one of my all-time favorite diabetes docs! Rayhan is a pediatric and adult endocrine faculty at Stanford. He grew up in the California bay area and always wanted to be an engineer. He has had...
Feb 8, 2021 | Eating, Featured, Research News, Technology Updates
New diabetes cases linked to covid-19 was reported by Erin Blakemore for TheWashingtonPost.com, 1 February 2021. Researchers don’t understand exactly how the disease might trigger Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, or whether the cases are temporary or permanent. But 14...
Feb 5, 2021 | Featured, Pets
From a very wonderful Facebook group called Albany T1D Families (in Albany, NY, near to where I went to college), I posted a request about T1Ds and their furry family members. Here are 2 very heartwarming stories from snowed-in Albany! Jennifer...
Feb 3, 2021 | Featured, Foods, Videos
This is not my usual topic … but certainly an interesting one that applies to lots of T1Ds. Drs. Steve Edelman and Jeremy Pettus (both endos with T1D) take a fun (but serious, kind of) look at drinking alcohol and living with diabetes. Enjoy and...
Feb 1, 2021 | Eating, Featured, Foods, Research News, Technology Updates
Beyond Insulin: The Future of Dual Hormone Treatment was written by Lala Jackson for BeyondType1.org, 25 January 2021. While insulin is the hormone without which people would die, as it is required to convert food to fuel in the body, there are other...
Jan 27, 2021 | Featured, LOOPing, Videos
This is definitely a DO NOT MISS presentation! When you are looking for the next generation of FDA-approved automated insulin delivery pumps, this is a strong contender!!! They recently completed their submission to the FDA! Tidepool is a...
Jan 25, 2021 | Featured, Research News, Technology Updates
The beginning of the end for Type 1 diabetes: A new view from immunotherapy science was posted on OpenAccessGovernment.org, 16 December 2020. Jean Van Rampelbergh PhD, VP Clinical & Regulatory at Imcyse SA, introduces ImotopesTM a cutting-edge...
Jan 22, 2021 | Featured, Pets
Got T1D? Got a furry companion, or two, or lots? Please share your stories and pix with us … tell us how your pets make living with diabetes a little or a whole lot better! THE SLOW BLINK: WHY CATS DO THIS TO US—AND EVEN OTHER CATS was...
Jan 20, 2021 | Featured, LOOPing, Videos
This is really a fascinating and exciting talk, by Michael A. Weiss, MD, PhD, MBA, a professor at Indiana University School of Medicine and co-founder of Thermalin Inc., a privately held biotechnology company. In February 2020, JDRF International presented Dr. Weiss...