American Idol top 20 contestant Crystal Bowersox, 24, was rushed to the hospital reportedly from complications from her Type 1 diabetes read more »
American Idol Contestant Rushed to Hospital Due to Diabetes
March 3rd, 2010 by Chris FrankieResearchers Explore Potential Replacement for Insulin
March 3rd, 2010 by Chris FrankieNew research suggests that multiple daily insulin injections may one day be a thing of the past for people with Type 1 diabetes read more »
California County Suing GlaxoSmithKline Over Avandia
March 3rd, 2010 by Chris FrankieSanta Clara County in Northern California is suing GlaxoSmithKline over false advertising of its Type 2 diabetes drug Avandia read more »
Patients Often Ignoring Pre Diabetes Warnings
March 3rd, 2010 by Chris FrankieNew research suggests that people with Pre Diabetes are not heeding doctors’ warnings or they don’t even know they have the condition read more »
Krispy Kreme Sponsors Donuts for Diabetes Challenge
March 1st, 2010 by Chris FrankieKrispy Kreme sponsored its second Krispy Kreme Challenge and donated the proceeds to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation read more »
Fast-Acting Insulin One Step Closer to FDA Approval
March 1st, 2010 by Chris FrankieDrug-maker Biodel Inc. is one step closer to bringing its fast-acting insulin product VIAject to market read more »
Type 1 Skier Kris Freeman Doesn’t Finish Final Olympic Event
March 1st, 2010 by Chris FrankieBefore the Olympics many people held out hope that Kris Freeman, who had an outside chance at landing a medal at the Games, would rise to the top of his sport and show the world what an athlete with Type 1 diabetes is capable of read more »
Napping-Diabetes Link Discovered
March 1st, 2010 by Chris FrankieResearchers say that napping and the development of Type 2 diabetes in older adults may be linked read more »
School Lunch Contributing to Type 2 Diabetes: Senator Coburn
February 26th, 2010 by Chris FrankieTom Coburn, a republican Senator from Oklahoma and a medical doctor, said at a recent Health Summit that school lunch and food stamp programs are contributing to the diabetes epidemic in this country read more »
Six Questions About Avandia Answered
February 26th, 2010 by Chris FrankieType 2 diabetes drug Avandia has been increasingly under the microscope after a report surfaced several years ago linking the drug to heart attacks and a recent report from the Senate Finance Committee. Many people, including both patients and doctors, are not sure what to do in regards to the drug. U.S. News & World Report published an article with six things readers should know about the drug. read more »
