Kyle Rose is a former Team Type 1 cyclist and business development director for that group. He is now living in France, where he founded a consultancy called Delta PM Diabetes, focusing on chronic disease management in health care. Mainly, he advises companies in the diabetes management business on campaigns for products including insulin, drug delivery devices, and glucometers, as well as non-profit collaboration initiatives and medical/patient community outreach.
But recently, Kyle got the historical…
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Sometimes, diabetes science confuses me.
Let’s take the news of an emerging class of diabetes drugs (type 2-focused) that apparently do something we’ve always thought was bad… but it’s actually not.
Sodium-glucose transporter (SGLT-2) inhibitors increase insulin production and effectiveness and stop the liver from producing too much glucose. Basically, they work by spilling glucose over into the urine which leads to less sugar in your bloodstream. The effect: lower BGs and A1Cs.
Sure, it…
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Results of the seven-year-long TODAY study (Treatment Options for Type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents and Youth) are out and as expected, they aren’t pretty.
Bottom line of this study, which is the largest of its kind to ever be done: No matter what medication’s being used, kids and teens have a harder time managing their type 2 diabetes and keeping blood sugars down. Lifestyle interventions and medications aren’t working even when they’re taken as prescribed,…
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Sixteen-thousand doctors, scientists, and other healthcare providers. Hundreds of Pharma industry folks and food and diabetes supply vendors manning 171 booths in a cavernous exhibit hall. Over 2,500 research reports, plus over 2,000 more studies presented on mini-billboards known as research posters. More than 150 live sessions where experts present nearly 378 reports on every imaginable aspect of diabetes in the human body.
This is the American Diabetes Association annual Scientific Sessions conference, taking place…
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Diabetes research with mice. Right. We’re never sure when humans will be able to oust the mouse. When fellow D-blogger and journalist Mike Hoskins discovered an interesting study right in his own backyard, he headed straight behind the scenes to get the scoop for us:
Special to the ‘Mine by Mike Hoskins
Once again, some diabetes research news crossed my inbox and made my eyes roll: “Researchers find beta cell stress could trigger the…
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