TuDiabetes Live Interview with Dr. Alan Jacobson "Diabetes and Depression"

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Alan M. Jacobson received his M.D. from the University of Chicago Medical School. He has been on the faculty of Harvard Medical School since 1973, and is now Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry. He started the Joslin Diabetes Center’s Behavioral Research and Clinical Mental Health Programs and later became Chief Medical Officer of the Joslin Clinic- a multi-specialty group practice.

In 2009 Dr Jacobson moved to Winthrop University Hospital, where he became Chief Research Officer and Director of its new Research Institute and Center for Diabetes Research. As CRO, he is charged with integrating research with Winthrop’s clinical and educational missions, centralizing research activities, developing effective strategies to maximize external funding and building research throughout the hospital. In this capacity, he will oversee the establishment of a strong diabetes-oriented research program.

He has served as the Principal Investigator for the Joslin Diabetes Center’s Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT)/ Epidemiology of Diabetes Control and Complications (EDIC) site and directs the behavioral science component of the DCCT/EDIC study. He has published over 150 papers and articles on topics related to his research and clinical activities. He has been funded continuously for the last 30 years by a series of grants from the National Institutes of Health, and is currently funded by three NIH grants.
Description of Research Interests/Activities
Dr. Jacobson’s investigations focus on the psychological aspects of diabetes. His studies have examined the impact of diabetes on the structure, chemistry and function of the central nervous system; the quality of life of patients and their families; the effects of psychological and social factors on the course and outcomes of diabetes; and the development of psychological and medical interventions to improve outcomes of diabetes.
He is currently studying:
• The long-term effects of type 1 diabetes on cognitive functioning and health-related quality of life as part of the long term follow-up of the DCCT cohort.
• The impart of T1DM on urologic complications
• The acute and chronic effects of T1DM and hyperglycemic and glutamate using MRI
• The impact of T2DM in humans on functional connectivity of the brain’s default network as a possible early biomarker for Alzheimer’s Disease
• Effects of insulin resistance on brain functioning and structure

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TuDiabetes Live Interview Scott Johnson; writer, diabetes consultant, blogger and more!

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Scott K. Johnson was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in April of 1980. He has been writing about his struggles and successes with diabetes since late 2004. Currently blogging at Scott’s Diabetes (scottsdiabetes.com), working as the Communications Lead, USA for mySugr, and contributing to many other diabetes related projects, Scott stays busy connecting with others living with diabetes. Scott works full time as a freelance writer and diabetes consultant, and says, “I’m your average guy living with type 1 diabetes. I don’t have it all figured out, and sharing my struggles with diabetes helps by showing people that it is okay to still be trying to get it right, even after nearly 35 years.” Scott lives with his family near the Minneapolis, MN area.

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Live interview: "the Athletic Diabetic" with Gary Scheiner, CDE

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Bring your toughest diabetes questions!! Gary is up for a challenge.

Gary is a certified diabetes educator, insulin-pump and continuous glucose monitor user and trainer, and Masters-level exercise physiologist. He serves on the advisory boards of several diabetes device manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies; volunteers for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Diabetes Exercise & Sports Association, American Diabetes Association, and Setebaid diabetes camps; and serves on the faculty of Children With Diabetes. Gary teaches and art and science of blood-glucose balancing to people with diabetes throughout the world from his private practice, Integrated Diabetes Services as well as through his online school of higher learning for insulin users, Type 1 University.

Join us on the homepage of TuDiabetes for a live presentation and question-and-answer session with Gary Scheiner, founder of Integrated Diabetes Services and author of Think Like a Pancreas, The Ultimate Guide to Accurate Carb Counting, and now Until there is a Cure: the Latest and Greatest in Diabetes Self-Care

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TuDiabetes Live Interview with Dr. Shai Gozani, Founder and CEO of Neurometrix

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Dr. Shai Gozani founded NeuroMetrix in 1996 and currently serves as Chairman of the board of directors and as our President and Chief Executive Officer.

Prior to forming the company, Dr. Gozani completed a neurophysiology research fellowship in the laboratory of Dr. Gerald Fischbach at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Gozani has published articles in the areas of basic and clinical neurophysiology, biomedical engineering and computational chemistry.

The SENSUS Pain Management System, developed by Neurometrix, is a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator designed for people with diabetes and chronic pain. It is worn on one or both legs and is activated by simply pressing a button. SENSUS provides pain relief by stimulating the nerves that carry normal, non-painful sensations to the brain. Stimulation of these nerves changes the levels of certain natural chemicals in the nervous system that decrease pain.

Join us to learn more about this technology, now available to people with diabetes who experience painful neuropathy.

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TuDiabetes Live Interview with Carol and Mark Atkinson, Insulin for Life

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Carol Atkinson is the Program Coordinator for Insulin for Life

USA. She also serves as President of Hope on the Move, a not-for-profit that provides international medical and dental relief. For this latter effort, she has overseen the travel of over 300 medical and dental professionals, on approximately 20 foreign and domestic mission trips, over the last 12 years.

Mark Atkinson is currently an Eminent Scholar for Diabetes Research at The University of Florida. The author of over 300 publications, Dr. Atkinson is beginning his 29th year of investigation into the field of type 1 diabetes. Dr. Atkinson is an internationally recognized authority on multiple aspects pertaining to type 1 diabetes, with particular interests in disease prediction and prevention, the role for environment in the initiation of the disease, stem cells and pancreatic regeneration, pancreatic pathology, clinical trials seeking to prevent or reverse the disease, and the identification of markers of tolerance and immunoregulation.

Dr. Atkinson has been active in encouraging improvements in diabetes care and management in third world nations whose access to insulin and other materials/education are limited. Beyond this, Dr. Atkinson started a foundation for humanitarian causes, primarily related to providing medical and dental care to third world. In addition, he is an international advisor to Life for a Child and serves as the President of Insulin for Life USA, an organization dedicated to providing insulin to third world individuals who do not have access to insulin.

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TuDiabetes Live Interview with Bennet Dunlap: D-Advocacy and the FDA

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In early January 2014, the US Food and Drug Administration came out with new draft guidance for blood glucose meter performance and their accompanying meters. An FDA guidance document, when finalized, is a summary of the FDA’s current thinking on what information the FDA will look for when deciding whether to give clearance to a manufacturer for its meters and strips. Bennet Dunlap has been advocating passionately for tighter controls on glucose meter accuracy through the website StripSafely.com, and has become a guru of advocacy at the FDA.

Join us to learn from the master himself how we, as people with diabetes, can advocate for our own health and safety with the US organization that regulates the medications and technologies we need to live. It’s important! Come get involved.

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TuDiabetes Live Interview with Avner Gal, developing GlucoTrack, a non-invasive glucose monitoring

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GlucoTrack uses ultrasonic, electromagnetic and thermal technologies to non-invasively measure glucose levels in the blood. GlucoTrack is intended for use by Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics.

GlucoTrack model DF-F main features:

Uses three different technologies simultaneously to increase accuracy;
Reliable results;
Complete set of data for each reading (user’s name/date/time/glucose level);
Long term of calibration validity;
Provides spot measurements;
Visual and verbal glucose readings;
Main Unit supports up to three users;
Comparable to a smart phone in size and weight;
Up to 1000 recent readings per user;
Readings history data in tabular and graphic formats;
USB communication for easy data downloading for back-up storage and analysis;
User Friendly: easy to operate, easy to read data, large color touch screen;
Repeatable audible result;
Reduced life cycle cost (less expensive than finger prick device in long term).

The GlucoTrack Story:
The desire to develop a non-invasive blood glucose monitor came initially from Integrity co-founder, late Dr. David Freger. David had diabetes and like many who suffer from this life long debilitating disease, David was sick and tired of pricking his fingers to draw blood for glucose measurements a few times each day. Together with two of his trusted colleagues, Avner Gal and David Malka, they set out to develop a non-invasive blood glucose monitor that could provide pain-free measurements.

Following years of intense research and development they determined that the technical challenges of increasing the signal to noise ratio, to obtain a reliable reading without drawing blood, could best be achieved by combining three independent technologies simultaneously. They developed Integrity’s proprietary and patented approach of using ultrasound, electromagnetic and thermal measurements with a unique algorithm to weigh each measurement and calculate the weighted average of the three readings.

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TuDiabetes Live Interview – PART II with Dr. Anuj Bhargava, MD, Founder and CEO of My Diabetes Home

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Dr. Anuj Bhargava is a practicing endocrinologist at the Iowa Diabetes and Endocrinology Center in Des Moines, IA. He is also the founder of My Diabetes Home®, LLC (MDH) and MedSimple™ medication management platform. Since 1994, Dr. Bhargava has strived to improve diabetes care and treatment. He received his Fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at University of Wisconsin, obtained a physician executive MBA from the University of Tennessee, and became a Certified Diabetes Educator. He is an adjunct associate professor at Drake University, University of Iowa, and Des Moines University. He is also the founder and President of the Iowa Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Center (IDERC), the largest diabetes research center in central Iowa. Dr. Bhargava believes that technology can simplify diabetes and is hopeful that the My Diabetes Home platform will make that happen for the millions of people who are affected by diabetes and other chronic diseases.

My Diabetes Home is an all-in-one diabetes management platform that motivates members with diabetes to achieve better health. The suite of tools includes a personalized dashboard for each user with different places to enter and keep track of medications, blood sugar numbers, and other important health information. One of the key tools, myVisits, prepares you for upcoming doctor visits by pulling in information from your profile into an all-in-one printable report. My Diabetes Home is dedicated to engaging and educating its members by providing extremely personalized, credible, and relevant information for each person with diabetes presented by passionate healthcare professionals.

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TuDiabetes Live Interview with Merith Basey, the "100 Campaign"

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Merith Basey, MSc

Merith’s introduction to global public health and Type 1 diabetes was via AYUDA in Quito, Ecuador, following her postgraduate studies on Latin America at La Universidad Complutense in Madrid. She went on to serve as AYUDA’s first Country Officer in Ecuador, later joining the headquarters in Washington DC as Global Program Director, where she was responsible for growing AYUDA’s country programs and strengthening local capacity in Ecuador, Bolivia, Dominican Republic and Belize.

Since 2012, Merith has also worked closely with the diabetes community in Haiti initially in support of the first diabetes education camp for young people with Type 1 diabetes. She is continually seeking ways to help strengthen the work of AYUDA’s partner FHADIMAC (www.fhadimac.org) on the ground.

As a result of almost a decade of witnessing the reality that many children and their families still do not have consistent access to insulin and other diabetes supplies, and disheartened by the lack of global action towards this; Merith and a small team of advocates with experience in diabetes communities in resource poor settings came together to launch the 100 Campaign, with the support of the International Insulin Foundation.

About the Campaign

The International Insulin Foundation (IIF) has been active in the area of Type 1 diabetes in the developing world for 10 years. On World Diabetes Day (November 14th) 2012, the IIF launched the “100 Campaign” with the goal of achieving 100% access to insulin by 2022, the 100th anniversary of insulin use to treat a person with Type 1 diabetes.

Access to Insulin:

While barriers to insulin access are most prominent in resource-poor countries, barriers also exist in other parts of the world. In developing countries the cost of insulin can consume as much as 25% of a family’s income. In the USA some uninsured individuals ration their insulin to save money, and end up in emergency rooms or with avoidable diabetes-related complications. The 100 Campaign was started as a means to address these and other issues related to barriers to insulin access.
Follow us at: facebook/100Campaign
@100Campaign
@100Campaign_esp (in Spanish)

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TuDiabetes Live Interview with Jeff Hitchcock and Kerri Sparling, Spare a Rose Save a Child Campaign

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For children around the world with type 1 diabetes, lack of access to insulin is the most common cause of death. And in some areas of the world, most children with diabetes can expect to live less than a year past their diagnosis date – if they’re diagnosed at all.

This Valentine’s day, our community can help change that.

Spare a Rose, Save a Child is simple: buy one less rose this Valentine’s Day and share the value of that flower with a child with diabetes in the developing world. Your loved one at home still receives flowers and you both give help to a child with diabetes who desperately needs it.

A rose is about 5 bucks, for that one rose, IDF can give a child one month of life. A dozen roses, a year of life for a child with diabetes.

We’re hopeful that you will embrace this cause this year.

Here’s what you can do to help

Kerri Sparling has been living with type 1 diabetes for over 27 years, diagnosed in 1986. She manages her diabetes and lives her life by the mantra “Diabetes doesn’t define me, but it helps explain me.”

Kerri is a passionate advocate for all-things diabetes. She is the creator and author of Six Until Me, one of the first and most widely-read diabetes patient blogs, reaching a global audience of patients, caregivers, and industry. Well-versed in social media and its influence on patients, Kerri presents regularly at conferences and works full-time as a writer and consultant. Her first book, Balancing Diabetes (Spry Publishing), is scheduled for release in Spring 2014.

Jeff Hitchcock is the president and founder of Children with Diabetes, Inc. (CWD). CWD hosts one of the largest diabetes-related web sites in the world at www.childrenwithdiabetes.com. The site receives over 20,000 visitors per day from countries around the world. CWD also hosts educational and support conferences throughout the year, including its national Friends for Life conference held each year in Orlando, Florida.

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