Diabetes Health Podcast

By Nadia Al-Samarrie IndyCar racer Charlie Kimball is back on the racing track now with AJ Foyt as a full-time driver (No. 4 Chevrolet) in the 2020 NTT 17th IndyCar Series. Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 22, four years into his professional racing career, Kimball did not let that stop him from following his passion. “Diabetes is a team sport,” says The post Diabetes Health Type 1 : Catching Up with IndyCar Racer Charlie Kimball appeared first on Diabetes Health.

Say the word “ticks” to people you know and it is highly likely that you will see a look of disgust—even dread—on their faces. We all know that getting bitten and blood-sucked by a tick can lead to the painful, hard-to-diagnose Lyme disease. In many ways, because it can present confusing and hard-to-diagnose symptoms, Lyme disease is much like fibromyalgia—a disease that can have confusing The post Diabetes Health Type 1 & 2 Podcast: Lyme Disease Tick Talk appeared first on Diabetes Health.

The A1c is the best known and most reliable measure diabetes patients have for tracking their blood glucose levels over a somewhat extended (three-months) period. The A1c is about to be superseded by a measure called GMI* (Glucose Management Indicator), says Kevin Sayer, President and CEO of Dexcom. Dexcom’s continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices have dramatically changed how type 1, and now type2, diabetics manage The post Dexcom CEO Says CGM Data Will Soon Make the A1c Obsolete appeared first on Diabetes Health.

Diabetes Health Insulin Charts By Nadia Al-Samarrie If you have been one of the voices demanding change because having to choose between household expenses, medical supplies and insulin- has infuriated you, then you will be excited to know that your voice has been heard, easing the high cost of your insulin medication. As of yesterday, all the insulin pharmaceutical companies offer discounted insulin . For The post Diabetes Health in The News: Insulin Companies That Now Offer Discounts for Their Medications appeared first on Diabetes Health.

Summer is here, but has your child’s daily medication fled with the April showers? According to a study conducted by the Women’s and Children’s Hospital in North Adelaide, Australia, children’s adherence to their medication tends to taper off during the holidays and over the weekend. This can pose a number of difficulties for those who require daily doses to help manage chronic conditions like type The post Diabetes Health in The News Podcast: Children with Type 1 Diabetes Taper Adherence on Weekends and Holidays appeared first on Diabetes Health.

Nick Jonas, our podcast guest, will be joining us, to talk about a new diabetes site for people living with type 1 diabetes. He is a singer/songwriter, patient advocate and a person living with Type 1 diabetes. He is one of 4 founders for BeyondType1; a nonprofit committed to donating 100% of your contributions to education, advocacy and curing type 1 diabetes. If you would The post Diabetes Health Podcast Interview: Nick Jonas Beyond Type 1 appeared first on Diabetes Health.

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I have received many questions about insulin costs. The most common concern? The price of insulin and long-term affordability. In this episode, I interviewed Michael Castagna, Chief Executive Officer of MannKind, the makers of the inhaled insulin about their 4 dollar a day insulin program. What do you think about purchasing rapid-acting insulin for 4 dollars a day? It can be done assuming you use The post Afrezza’s Inhaled Insulin – One Solution to High Insulin Prices? appeared first on Diabetes Health.

Click here to listen to today’s Diabetes Health in the News Podcast! A new study published in the online journal Diabetes Care reports that intervention text messages can help those with type 2 diabetes improve their blood sugar levels. The study looked at Hispanic patients who were classified as low income. Dr. Addie Fortmann and her team at the Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute tracked 126 The post Diabetes Health in The News Podcast: Text Messaging Can Help Those with Type 2 Diabetes Control Blood Sugar appeared first on Diabetes Health.

Data from federal nutrition surveys have found that people who ate fast food in the last 24 hours were found to have high levels of certain industrial chemicals within their bodies. These chemicals are known as phthalates, and they are used when making plastic materials more durable and flexible. They do not occur in nature but are commonly used in soap, cosmetics, and food packaging. The post Diabetes Health in the News Podcast: Fast Food Linked to Industrial Chemical Consumption appeared first on Diabetes Health.