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Turns out The Diabetes App is getting ready to launch an IPO. Do you want to use a for profit diabetes social network?
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Beyond Type 1 has made it clear that it's no longer on the side of people living with type 1 diabetes.
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Sam Talbot's fall from grace opened up a Pandora's box of hidden payments by pharma to Beyond Type 1.
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A little shot of sanity in an increasingly crazy diabetes community. The Bolus takes a thoughtful and measure approach to some of the most pressing, …
What would you do if there was no insulin left?
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There is so much information about managing diabetes that it's hard to know who to trust. So we try and figure it out.
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We unwrap the Oversight Committee's report on how pharmaceutical corporations keep the price of insulin so high.
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When Aunt Laura was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, she expected the shots and carb counting, but she didn’t expect just how tiring the whole thing …
A short update on Maine bill LD 673, An Act to Create the Insulin Safety Net Program.
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100 years after the discovery of insulin, stories of people falling through the gaps in American healthcare.
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Craig and Hannah discuss how Beyond Type 1 accepting money from insulin makers caused him to resign from their Leadership Council.
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When Hannah tweeted at Montana House Rep. Jessica Karjala (D) about how her insulin co-pay cap bill wouldn’t actually help that many people with …
We talked to Ashley Butler, Ph.D. about her co-authored paper <u>Type 1 Diabetes Self‐Management Behaviors among Emerging Adults: …
Super Bowl Sunday, the biggest day of the year for football, chicken wings, day drinking, and Dexcom? We break down the pros and cons (but mostly cons) of Dexcom’s first ever Super Bowl ad …
In this episode, Aunt Laura's new endocrinologist decides to mix things up.
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Introducing a new kind of type 1 diabetes nonprofit.
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Craig, Laura, and (introducing) Paul contemplate how much they would sell out for. What's your price?
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When Sierra Sandison was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in rural Idaho, she didn’t have anyone to talk to. Now that she does, she’s making sure she’s heard.
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Craig, James, and Laura discuss if type 1 diabetes non-profits should accept sponsorship money from pharmaceutical corporations and the black market …
Brec Bassinger (Stargirl) and Cameron Gellman (Hourman) fight together on-screen to save the world on Stargirl and they fight together off-screen against type 1 diabetes. Brec and Cameron …
Keary Cheney was in Uganda with her husband to adopt a boy when she started feeling sick. After flying back to the US and getting diagnosed with type …
Sarah Fletcher, who is living abroad in Madrid, Spain, and Apoorva Gomber, the co-founder of Diabetes India Youth in Action who lives in New Delhi, India, talk about what it's like to live …
In the latest issue of Esquire, Editor-in-Chief Michael Sebastian and Editor-at-Large Dave Holmes discuss being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as …
Kate Hall holds the high school national record and two NCAA championships in long jump. She talks about being a college athlete, her training for …
Roz has been living with type 1 diabetes for over 23 years and has been training as a powerlifter with her coach Steve for the last six. Since that first session together, Steve has learned …
Our heroes Craig, James, and Laura are quarantined. Is one of them infected? Will their internet connection hold up? What will they talk about? Tune …
In this episode, we check in with Aunt Laura one year after being diagnosed to see what's changed and what hasn't.
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Carol had all the responsibilities that a 13 month old brings when her daughter Kristi was diagnosed with type 1. She had to balance the management …
It’s that time of year when we're told to think about the ways we’re thankful for type 1 diabetes. But we all have lots of stories of when we were …
After a year and a half of recording Out of Range, what have Craig and Laura learned?
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Matt was on the varsity rowing team at San Diego State University when he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. A year and a half later, his little sister was diagnosed with type 1 as well. …
After he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, Jordan started playing hockey to force himself to keep his blood sugars controlled. Even though the …
Dav met Rachell after she was diagnosed with type 1, so he’s had to play catchup with both learning about what the disease is and how he fits into her life with it. He’s constantly trying …
Craig, James, and Laura wonder how much diabetes is too much diabetes.
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Brec Bassinger, Jennifer Stone, and Andrew Slyfox joined Craig and Laura in front of a live audience in Los Angeles along with an opening by Dave …
In this episode, we look back at the first six months after Aunt Laura was diagnosed.
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Feeling overwhelmed by type 1 diabetes? Craig and Laura share their tips and tricks for just six easy payments of $99.99!
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In this episode, Aunt Laura hears her first diabetes joke since being diagnosed herself.
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Abbey had been a competitive swimmer in high school, but after she was diagnosed with type 1 at 22 years old, it took a while to relearn how to swim, …
Dave Holmes and James Mansfield stop by the studio to discuss the mental gymnastics of living with type 1 diabetes. Plus Dave tries Afrezza while on …
You had me at A1C.
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In this episode, Aunt Laura sees her endocrinologist for the first time since being diagnosed.
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Don't be scared, just be prepared!
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Aunt Laura crosses over from Thicker Than Water to tell Craig and Laura what to eat.
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Blanca and Luis met in their home country of Venezuela eight years ago but, after moving to Florida, Blanca started exhibiting symptoms of high blood sugar. She was initially misdiagnosed …
"Do you know what the definition of insanity is?"
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Lisa Hepner was studying abroad at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland when she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. While she never hid the fact that she had T1D, she didn't open up …
In this episode, Aunt Laura tries to figure out how the Diabetes Online Community fits into her life.
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In this episode, Aunt Laura finally gets her own Dexcom.Notes go here
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In this episode, Craig meets Laura in Arizona to give her a Dexcom.
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But only after she waits in her car for 30 minutes.
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Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 60 years old, we follow the story of Craig’s Aunt Laura in real time, week by week. In this episode, Laura is …
You live and then you die.
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In this episode, just three weeks after being diagnosed, Laura is already trying to find the balance of how much she should be talking about diabetes.
In this episode, one week after her diagnosis, Laura starts to adjust to her new life with type 1 diabetes.
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Laura has been waiting a week for the test results that will show if she has type 1 or type 2 diabetes. She finally gets them.
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"Diabetes is why I have trust issues."
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In February 2019, Laura was feeling weird and went to her doctor to see what was wrong. After testing a fasting blood sugar of 300, they knew she had a type of diabetes but weren't sure …
Courtney was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was 15 years old and Kevin, her friend at the time and now husband, was there for her diagnosis …
Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 60 years old, we follow the story of Craig’s Aunt Laura in real time, week by week.
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There are 42 factors that affect your blood sugar. Craig and Laura see how many they can hit in 30 minutes.
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In this episode of Out of Range, Craig and Laura do exactly what their listeners tell them not to do.
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The only constant is change. And diabetes.
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Georgi Goldman, a documentary and television producer, talks about camps, knishes, and what happens if you're certified to scuba dive, but afraid the …
When you think of genes, you usually think of parents passing things down to their children. But what would happen if it went the other direction? …
Craig gets into a magazine. Laura gets married and breaks up.
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In the summer 2017, the non-profit Beyond Type 1 put together a team of 20 people with type 1 diabetes from around to world to bike from New York to San Francisco over 10 weeks in an effort …
Most of the dialogue about type 1 diabetes is between people who have it, but what about those close to us who are affected by T1D too, the endearingly nicknamed “Type 3s?” The 3s offers …
Laura considers one day, maybe, changing her lancet.
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This episode is free. The guacamole is extra.
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The amount of listens will determine Craig and Laura’s self worth.
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Craig: "So how do you deal with the fact that you're gonna have to keep doing this, probably, forever?"
Laura: [Sigh] "Ummmm..."
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As a 38 year old triathlete, Dave was confused when he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes just days after completing the 2009 New York City Marathon. …
Laura puts a Dexcom on her arm and goes grocery shopping.
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Sometimes your CGM can give you too much information. Sometimes Craig and Laura do the same.
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From first date through proposal, Craig and Laura discuss their dating experiences with diabetes.
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On the first episode of Out of Range, Craig and Laura discuss the trend of sharing A1c results on social media and what, if any, the effect is.
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As a kid, Jasmine hid the fact that she had T1D. She wasn't ashamed or afraid of being judged but was doing it so that other people wouldn't worry …
After being diagnosed with T1D at 25 years old, Deanna had to figure out how to make it fit into her life of dance and fitness. She talks about …
Will Pericak of the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks and Jordan Morris MLS player on the Seattle Sounders talk about not letting T1D stop them from playing and excelling at the sports they love. This …
Blogger and playwright Jessie Bear talks about how an initial diagnosis with type 2 diabetes 2 ½ years ago has taken her on a journey of self-discovery, self-love, and even self-loathing. …
On World Diabetes Day this special “T1D Looks Like Me” episode of Beta Cell, features JDRF Chief Mission Officer, Aaron Kowalski talking about the differences between type 1 and type 2, the …
In this first special “T1D Looks Like Me” episode of Beta Cell, Greg and Kristina Dooley, proud parents of six year old triplets, share their story …
In the first year of Beta Cell, we had conversations with some truly inspiring people living with type 1 diabetes. We recap some of our favorite …
Grace Bonney is the founder of the popular design blog Design*Sponge. In January of 2016, at 35 years old, Grace was misdiagnosed with type 2 …
Trevor Torres was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in his freshman year of high school. He started calling himself the "Diabetes Evangelist" because he …
Libby Russell was diagnosed at 17 years old in 2005. While being a teenage girl is already pretty hard, adding type 1 diabetes made it that much more …
Robin Arzon is a corporate lawyer turned "Ambassador of Sweat." She is a running coach, cycling instructor, and ultra-marathoner. So it came as a …
Jim Natal was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 30 years old in 1978. 38 years later, he still struggles with maintaining the balance between …
Like many people who develop type 1 diabetes later in life, Cindy Goldstein was initially diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. She struggled keeping her …
Rachel Zinman was diagnosed with Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA) at 48 years old. Being a yoga instructor for two decades, her diagnosis …
At 13 years old, Craig Stubing started experiencing the symptoms of extremely high blood sugar. Without any experience with type 1 diabetes, his …
Amanda Bar was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was just 2 years old. Like many young people with T1D, she struggled with wanting to fit in …
Doris Gilbert first learned about type 1 diabetes when her daughter Laurie was diagnosed in 1974. Years later, after looking at the blood work from her own physical, Doris realized she had …
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