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10 Diabetes Advances in 2012

Riva Greenberg | Posted 02.18.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Diabetes, Health News, Insulin Pumps, Medical Devices, Diabetes Drugs, What's New in Diabetes, Medical Advances, Diabetes 2012, Type 2 Diabetes, Diabetes Advances, Diabetes Research, Type 1 Diabetes, Diabetes Studies, Diabetes Products, Healthy Living News
Riva Greenberg

As we count down the days to the end of the year, here's a round up of 10 diabetes products, drugs, gadgets, and insights that occurred in 2012.

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Yes, You Can Hack a Pacemaker (and Other Medical Devices Too)

Tarun Wadhwa | Posted 02.05.2013 | Technology
Read More: Medical Implants, Pacemakers, Crime, Medtronics, Cybercrime, Regulation, Tarun Wadhwa, Insulin Pumps, Cybersecurity, Hacking, Healthcare, Technology News
Tarun Wadhwa

We are familiar with the threat that cyber-crime poses to the computers around us -- however, we have not yet prepared for the threat it may pose to the computers inside of us.

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Diabetic Pump Wear Helps Many Cope (PHOTOS)

Alexandra Holzer | Posted 08.04.2012 | Impact
Read More: Insulin Pumps, Type 1 Diabetes, Diabetes, Health, Impact, T1D, Impact News
Alexandra Holzer

Type 1 diabetes (known today as T1D) is a new campaign kicked-off by the JDRF to reteach everyone that diabetes comes in all forms: Type 1, 1 1/2, and...

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Satirical TSA 'Memo' Skewers The Bumbling Agency

Christopher Elliott | Posted 04.01.2012 | Travel
Read More: Strip Search, Tsa Patdowns, TSA Security, Insulin, Tsa Cupcakes, Insulin Pumps, Cupcakes, Travel Blogs, Travel News
Christopher Elliott

TSA policy on cupcakes and other baked goods is clear: These items may be confiscated at any time, for any reason, as long as you share them with your colleagues in the break room.

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Challenges of Juvenile Diabetes in India

Dinkar Jain | Posted 03.19.2012 | World
Read More: Jdrf, India, World Health Organization, Juvenile Diabetes, Chronic Diseases in Children, Nutrition, Carb-Counting, Carb Counting, Type 1 Diabetes, Insulin Pumps, Diet and Nutrition, Who, Carbohydrates, Diabetes, Medicine, Insulin, World News
Dinkar Jain

While juvenile diabetes has many shared challenges across nations -- patients need to mathematically coordinate exercise, insulin, and diet -- there are a few behaviors that make advising patients with juvenile diabetes in India more challenging

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Medical Equipment Vulnerable To Hacking

AP | JORDAN ROBERTSON | Posted 10.04.2011 | Technology
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LAS VEGAS — Even the human bloodstream isn't safe from computer hackers. A security researcher who is diabetic has identified flaws that could ...

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Alicia Ciccone

Helping Kids Battle Diabetes In Style

HuffingtonPost.com | Alicia Ciccone | Posted 09.06.2011 | Small Business
Read More: Small Business Success Stories, Diabetes Equipment, Julie DeFruscio, Medical Devices, Starting-a-Business-at-Home, Diabetes Treatment, Type 1 Diabetes, Insulin Pumps, Inventions, Diabetes, Entrepreneur Spotlight, Pump Wear, Insulin, Small Business News

Like many great moms-turned-entrepreneurs, Julie DeFruscio found herself faced with a challenge on the homefront and turned her homegrown solution int...

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A New Kind Of Diabetes Education

Riva Greenberg | Posted 05.30.2011 | Home
Read More: Blood Sugar, Managing Blood Sugar, Health, Continuous Glucose Monitors, Insulin-Pumps, Weight Loss, Diabetes, Insulin, Cgm, Exercise and Blood Sugar, Diabetes Education, Type 1 University, Home News
Riva Greenberg

This year Gary Scheiner, who has lived with Type 1 diabetes for 25 years, opened the first online university for people with diabetes.

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Miss America Nicole Johnson: Changing The Landscape Of Chronic Illness

Riva Greenberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Miss America, Health, Health Care Reform, Diabetes, Parents of Children With Diabetes, Chronic Illness, Health Care, Nicole Johnson, Doctors, Medical Training, Insulin-Pumps, Home News
Riva Greenberg

I first met Nicole last year when she was the key speaker at Diabetes Sisters' "Weekend for Women." I was then, and continue to be, impressed by her passion for better serving people with chronic illness.

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Taking on Diabetes From Every Angle

Riva Greenberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Social Change, Diabetes, Health, Leadership, Heroes, Activism, Doctors, Obesity, Children's Health, Childhood Obesity, Diabetes Devices, Artificial Pancreas, Closed-Loop System, Insulin Pumps, Home News
Riva Greenberg

People will always have to manage their diabetes, but the hope is by automating more functions they can do so with a lot less time and effort and less risk of hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia.

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