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A Diabetes Refresher Course + Interview with Researcher William Tamborlane

By AllisonN on March 7, 2013

As many of you know, I’m currently studying to become a Certified Diabetes Educator. So I was delighted to have the opportunity to attend the American Diabetes Association’s annual Advanced Postgraduate Course in New York City on Feb. 23 — a two-and-a-half-day conference that can be viewed as the ‘little sister’ to the ADA’s huge Scientific Sessions held each summer.
This Postgraduate event hosts just a few hundred doctors, pharmacists, diabetes educators, dieticians and other healthcare…

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NewsFlash: JDRF, Amylin to Study Insulin + Symlin Mix

By AmyT on May 13, 2011

Some of you may have seen the headlines this week about JDRF and Amylin investigating a new diabetes treatment — essentially a mixture of insulin and pramlintide (brand name Symlin), two substances that are only FDA approved for entirely separate use at the moment. Interesting!
The reasoning seems highly practical: “A co-formulated therapy that harnesses the benefit of both hormones might better mimic the natural physiology of the pancreas and simplify dosing decisions.”
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