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Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is one of Australia’s most common serious childhood diseases. About 10, 000 children under the age of 18 live with the condition and around 1,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. T1D is a chronic auto-immune condition where the immune system destroys cells in the...

This year’s Friends for Life conference showcased upcoming automated insulin delivery (AID) systems from Beta Bionics and Bigfoot. Both companies aim to begin pivotal studies in 2019 testing their insulin-only systems, iLet and Loop. Assuming things go well, this means both could launch sometime...

The latest Type 2 diabetes news at the ADA – by Emily Burns Last month, along with 16,000 diabetes researchers and healthcare professionals, I got the chance to attend the American Diabetes Association meeting in Orlando. Here’s what was on the agenda for Type 2 research...

The FDA has approved the first insulin pump – glucose monitor combination of devices which can recommend treatment decisions without the need for a finger-prick blood test. Tandem Diabetes’ t:slim X2 Insulin Pump has received FDA approval for use alongside Dexcom’s G5 Mobile continuous glucose...

I've been lurking on this forum for years. I'm an American and I like reading how a different culture deals with diabetes. I found it intriguing how forum members here influenced the low carb way of eating position of Diabetes UK. I feel you are years ahead of the social/policy positions of...