Atlanta native Jonathan Fitch has managed his Type 1 diabetes for 15 years successfully, including during his time as an undergrad majoring in computer science at Georgia Tech—except for one fateful night. An all-nighter before finals stressed his body out a little too much, which made his body insulin resistant. He had a seizure and ended up in the emergency room. It was scary, but the incident sparked a business idea. The post These Georgia Tech grads want to make managing Type 1 diabetes...| Atlanta Magazine
Thousands of women living with type 1 diabetes will receive a pregnancy-specific ‘artificial pancreas’ from the NHS.| Digital Health
Help advance diabetes research. 15 minute online child diabetes survey for Mothers of a child with T1D or with no health challenges (or both)| Chronic Illness Trauma Studies
I presented this ABEs Webinar with slides to the Association for Pre and Perinatal Psychology and Health (APPPAH), with updates to the 10 categories of adverse babyhood experiences (ABEs) that influence health. In my talk I share 2 themes that may be common factors among early risk factors for type 1 diabetes and other chronic illnesses such as asthma. I also introduce our type 1 diabetes research study and the online survey we invite mothers to participate in (see the survey or the bottom of...| Chronic Illness Trauma Studies
March is Autoimmune Awareness Month and I invite mothers of children with type 1 diabetes or in good health to take the new Type 1 Diabetes Bonding Survey. This survey is a new inquiry I'm collaborating on with Psychologist Dr. Tony Madrid. We want to learn whether bonding disruptions, which I recently introduced on the blog, are more common in children who develop diabetes-related antibodies or who progress to type 1 diabetes (T1D). If they are, we will study whether brief treatment to heal...| Chronic Illness Trauma Studies
There have been numerous studies on OpenAPS and open source automated insulin delivery systems over the past several years. Some are retrospective studies based on real-world data; some are prospective or observational studies; and now, as of today, there is a published RCT (randomized control trial) assessing safety and efficacy...| OpenAPS.org
Here are a few of the many things the OpenAPS community worked on in 2016: Advanced meal assist (or “AMA) This is an “advanced feature” that can be turned on by OpenAPS users. With reliable entry of carb information, AMA will allow the closed loop to assist sooner with a...| OpenAPS.org
The OpenAPS community submitted an abstract that was accepted for a poster presentation at the American Diabetes Association’s Scientific Sessions meeting. The embargo lifted this morning, so you can read the abstract here or read below for the content from the poster to get insight from outcomes observed by those...| OpenAPS.org
The #OpenAPS community has made some amazing progress toward the end of this year. There are now, as of 12/31/15, (n=1)*22 people with DIY closed loops! (As of 4/28/16, it’s (n=1)*53!) And as always, several others in the testing and development phases, so this number will continue to grow. (If...| OpenAPS.org
It’s been a busy few months for the #OpenAPS community, going from n=1 to (n=1)*7! (And as of 11/19/15, (n=1)*16.) And there are several people working on their implementation, so it might be possible to see a dozen OpenAPS implementations live by the end of the year. This is due...| OpenAPS.org
The Open Artificial Pancreas System (#OpenAPS) is an open and transparent effort to make safe and effective basic Artificial Pancreas System (APS) technology widely available to more quickly improve and save as many lives as possible and reduce the burden of Type 1 Diabetes.| OpenAPS.org
Figuring out what your blood sugar should be, as well as what is considered “normal,” can be confusing. This blood sugar chart can help.| Diabetes Strong