Doesn’t it sometimes seem like we’re just swimming in circles with our diabetes, something like this…?
Ha! Thanks to the artistic talents of Jeannette Golubovic, a fellow PWD living with LADA, who works as an attorney in Texas. I guess the best we can all do is take that famous advice from Finding Nemo
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The Diabetes Community has been known to grumble about the FDA once or twice before.
OK, fine. We’ve griped A LOT about the federal agency in how it handles diabetes drug and device reviews.
They don’t approve devices fast enough. Why don’t they have more stringent requirements for glucometer accuracy? They aren’t asking the right questions. They aren’t listening to the patient side of the coin enough. What gives?
But finally, they’re making moves to…
The JDRF Capitol Chapter’s 3rd annual Research Summit in Washington, D.C., on March 9 brought out leaders from the Diabetes Community to talk about everything from the latest in research and technological advances to psychosocial issues for kids and adults with diabetes.
More than 600 people attended this year. Among them was one of our good friends, longtime type 1 and fellow D-blogger Scott Strumello, on the scene along with several other familiar faces from…
Ever wish non-diabetics could experience their own blood sugar crashes just to ”get” what it feels like for us people with diabetes, if even for a few minutes?
Well, some Pharma companies have gone to the trouble of building a “Hypoglycemia Simulator” for just this purpose…
No kidding. They really did!
Two different models of Hypo Simulators meant to mimic our hypoglycemia experiences were on the exhibit floor at the annual European Association for the Study of Diabetes…
For as long as there has been research to cure diabetes, there have been people who believe that a cure will never happen because treating this disease is simply far too profitable. Those who believe in this so-called “conspiracy theory” are convinced that pharma companies have a vested interest in keeping diabetes around as long as possible because peddling their treatments is far bigger business than a cure could ever be.
We all know that…