Coming up any day now, for the first time ever, six swimmers with diabetes — all wearing Animas insulin pumps — will take part in a relay race across the English Channel!
The team is led by Mark Blewitt, an accomplished swimmer and marathon runner, along with five others: Matt Cox, Callum McGhee, Claire Duncan, Jake Glasby, Sara Gardiner. Starting in Dover, England, each team member will swim for an hour in a relay that…
Our controversial columnist Wil Dubois is back with another spicy edition of our new diabetes advice column, Ask D’Mine.
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You know the answers you get here will be brutally honest and interesting, to say the least.
Robyn from Colorado, type 1, writes: I have traveled a lot over the years with my insulin in tow. Upon completion of each trip I always come to the…
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There has been a lot of confusion this past week about what the heck is going on with the next-generation, not-yet-to-market Medtronic Enlite CGM sensors. And it’s perfectly understandable — it was confusing!
But guess what? The Enlite sensor has just received CE (Conformité Européenne) Mark approval in France, and “is being launched subject to other local approvals in more than 35 countries outside the US,” so there’s finally some official information to share with…
This week, J&J’s Animas is recalling a batch of 45,000 faulty insulin cartridges shipped between Nov. 30, 2010, and Jan. 4, 2011, that reportedly can leak insulin, resulting in the delivery of less insulin than intended. Note that the pump most likely will not alarm if there is an internal leak. If you are affected by this, you should be receiving an email and a letter from the company shortly, in addition to a set…
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Two weeks ago, the Transportation Security Administration announced they’d be implementing new “aggressive” screening methods, including full-body scans using advanced imaging technology and more invasive “pat-downs” for passengers who either set off the traditional alarm or cannot simply walk through the scanners for any reason. Almost immediately, there was an outcry across the country over invasion of privacy, and stories began flooding the media.
For PWDs, this set off a flurry of conversation about how…