Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 News

• WHO Provides Insulin Pens for Diabetes to Ukraine Hospitals The World Health Organization is delivering insulin pens to hospitals throughout Ukraine for those with diabetes as Russia continues its invasion.
  Medscape Medical News, September 02, 2022
• 'Artificial Pancreas' Best in Poorly Controlled Type 1 Diabetes Improvements compared to usual care of multiple daily insulin injections and intermittently scanned CGM were larger than those seen in prior trials of hybrid closed-loop systems.
  Medscape Medical News, September 01, 2022
• Nutrition Gets Short Shrift in Battle Against Chronic Disease In a Medscape survey, physicians — even endocrinologists and cardiologists — said they don't have the time or the confidence in their knowledge to deliver nutrition counseling.
  Medscape Medical News, August 26, 2022
• Insulin Cap for Medicare Patients Signals Hope for Others That work as a pastor helped the freshman senator push Congress to take its first step in limiting the high cost of insulin for millions of Americans.
  Associated Press, August 25, 2022
• Alert FDA Clears Tubeless, Automated Insulin System for Kids 2 and Older The Food and Drug Administration has approved use of the Omnipod 5 automated insulin delivery system for kids age 2 and older with type 1 diabetes.
  FDA Approvals, August 24, 2022
• Increase in New-Onset Type 1 Diabetes in Kids During Pandemic The early days of the COVID-19 pandemic saw an increase in new-onset pediatric diabetes and DKA, while children with pre-existing diabetes had lower rates of DKA.
  First Look, August 18, 2022
• Diagnosing Kids With Long COVID Can Be Tricky: Experts The transformation from regular teen life to someone with a chronic illness "sucked," says Spencer, who will turn 15 in August. "I felt like I was never going to get better."
  WebMD Health News, August 15, 2022
• Residential Greenness May Protect Against Diabetic Retinopathy Findings point to importance of promoting greenness exposure.
  First Look, August 12, 2022
• Extreme Temperatures Can Reduce the Efficacy of Drug Therapy High temperatures can affect drug stability and change the way the body absorbs and excretes active ingredients.
  Medscape Medical News, August 10, 2022
• Meet a Champion Climber With Type 1 Diabetes 'When I was told that I could keep competing, a switch flipped for me and I made a decision that nothing would hold me back. '
  WebMD Health News, August 10, 2022
• House Could Give Biden Win on Medicare Drug Prices, Insulin Costs The House is expected to clear a legislative package that would ease Medicare into negotiations on drug costs, providing more immediate relief with some pharmacy bills for older Americans.
  Medscape Medical News, August 10, 2022
• Euthyroid Sick Syndrome Hits Many With Diabetic Ketosis A single-center, retrospective review of 396 adults hospitalized for diabetic ketosis or ketoacidosis (91% with type 2 diabetes) found a 58% prevalence of euthyroid sick syndrome.
  First Look, August 05, 2022
• Neuropathy Drives Hypoglycemia Cluelessness in T1D People with type 1 diabetes may be unaware of hypoglycemia episodes because of peripheral neuropathy, while insulin pump use and higher problem-solving perception each linked with improved awareness.
  First Look, August 01, 2022
• Ongoing Debate Whether COVID Links to New Diabetes in Kids "Our study is definitely not the final word on this. However, our findings call into question whether a direct association between COVID-19 and new-onset diabetes in children exists," says a researcher.
  Medscape Medical News, August 01, 2022
• Statins Linked to Lower Diabetes Risk After Acute Pancreatitis Similar benefits were seen with low, moderate, and high statin doses, as well as in cases of both mild and severe acute pancreatitis.
  Medscape Medical News, July 14, 2022
• In the Quest for a Cure for Type 1 Diabetes, Two Companies Merge Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ acquisition of ViaCyte raises hopes for faster development of stem cell-derived islet transplantation therapy.
  Medscape Medical News, July 13, 2022
• Childhood Type 1 Diabetes Tests Suggested at Ages 2 and 6 Screening children at ages 2 and 6 years was optimal for identifying most of those who went on to develop type 1 diabetes by age 15 years.
  Medscape Medical News, July 12, 2022
• ADA 2022 Menstrual Phase Impacts Exercise Effects in Type 1 Diabetes Hypoglycemia was increased during the luteal phase, whereas hyperglycemia was more frequent in the follicular phase in a small study.
  Medscape Medical News, July 05, 2022
• Sanofi Caps Out-of-Pocket Insulin Cost at $35 for Uninsured US Patients French drugmaker Sanofi said on Wednesday uninsured diabetes patients in the United States will pay no more than $35 for 30-day supply of insulin, in the wake of heightened public scrutiny over soaring prices of the life-saving drug.
  Reuters Health Information, June 29, 2022
• Diabetes Devices May Give Kids Contact Dermatitis Insulin pumps and glucose devices improve the lives of children with diabetes, but they may also contain allergens that cause contact dermatitis, according to researchers in Denmark.
  Medscape Medical News, June 30, 2022