This week's issue of THE SAVVY DIABETIC:
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Insulin costs decrease
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Omnipod Dash Travel Alert
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FDA AT-A-Glance Nutrition Information
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Modulim & Amputation Research
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The ultimate in FTC to CVS Health
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ADA & Xeris for hypoglycemic education
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Turmeric and diabetes
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Why our health care is broken by DIABETECH
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Insulin costs sharply: 10 years of high prices are over January 15, 2025, by GOODRX.com Tori Marsh.
The inflation reduction method has restricted the insulin cost of the beneficiary of Medicare. The main manufacturers have spontaneously reduced prices. These movements have promoted significant decline in insulin prices. All products such as Lantus, Novolin N, Humalog, and Humulin N have seen meaningful reductions. They reflect a wider shift to greater insulin accessibility.
The following data shows this promising trend. The price steadily decreased to $ 0.19 perisline unit per 2024 in the mid -2024. This is the lowest average recorded in 10 years. It will also decrease by 42 % from 2019. The decline in price provides very necessary relief for people who manage diabetes. The reduction not only indicates progress, but also emphasizes the need for continuous actions to guarantee that insulin is still affordable for everyone who needs it.
read more: Insulin costs sharply: 10 years of high prices are over
Are you planning an international trip with Omnipod Dash? In January 2025, it was posted by Omnipod.com by post/email.
How to turn on the airplane mode:
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- Press the power button until the screen is displayed in the airplane mode option
- As shown on the screen below, tap the airplane mode to switch on.
As usual, in case of emergency, make sure that the backup insulin delivery plan is in place. If you have any questions, please call the customer care team at 1-800-591-3455. I will help you.
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FDA suggests that at -abut nutritional information is needed on the front of a packaged food. On January 14, 2025, FDA.GOV was issued.
The proposed FOP nutrition label, also known as the “Nutrition Information Box”, has information about saturated fat, sodium, additional sugar content, whether the food is “low”, “pharmaceutical”, or a “high” level. Provides in a simple format indicating. These nutrients. Supplement the iconic nutritional label of FDA. This provides more detailed information on food nutrients.
“The science of saturated fat, sodium, and added sugar is clear,” said FDA's commissioner Robert M. Calif and Maryland. This is when consumers are easy to see, grasp, and easier to go. Add the nutritional label of the front package to most packaged foods, which will be done. We do our best to bring out all the levers that FDA can be used and to easily access nutritional information as part of the efforts to promote public health. “
A considerable institution will notify the nutritional information box proposed by the FDA, such as scientific literature reviews, consumer focus groups, and experimental research in peer reviews.
read more: FDA suggests that at -abut nutritional information is needed on the front of a packaged food.
Does modulim end the trend of cutting? JILL KATO for Innovation.uci.edu, December 17, 2024.
Combining near -infrared light and digital projectors, researchers at Beckman Laser Institute have been able to grasp a wide range of information on organizations in a new way. Kuccia and his colleagues have invented a spatial frequency domain imaging (SFDI), a non -invasive optical imaging technology that can capture data on skin oxygen level and hemoglobin concentration. SFDI captures the entire image and finds an organization with a depth of up to 5 mm instead of a single data point. Furthermore, it is much faster than other evaluation methods, providing the results of a wide field in a few seconds without exposing the patient to harmful radiation.
CUCCIA and Amaan Mazhar learned more about the trendy of cutting through clinical cooperation. Every 20 seconds, people with diabetes are disconnected. Dysfunction of diabetic patients is hungry for nutrient tissue, leads to skin breakdown, and chronic ulcers occur. Nerve damage, which is a common complication of diabetes, often hides the symptoms of these ulcers. As a result, patients may not even know that there is a problem until they are formed, infected, deteriorated GANG, and hospitalization. If it is severe, this can lead to the need for cutting.
In addition to the personal trauma that loses a part of the lower limbs, cutting has a considerable economic cost. In total, the treatment of diabetes -related complications costs about $ 17 billion in the United States. This exceeds the most expensive top five.
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As reported by Scott Strumello on https: //blog.sstrumello.com on September 20, 2025, FTC issues the “ultimate” to CVS Health.
The last few paragraphs of the letter are really wonderful. I don't remember reading such a thing before. It also suggests that FTC has finished playing Nice, acquiring data requested in 2022, and forcing a man to set up a man in a way that has been deleted from his job!
Note: For example, rule 4.1 (e) stipulates the following: [Federal Trade] The committee can “RE, pause, or deny” lawyers engaged in “obstructions, light EMPTs, or non -specialized acts”. 16CFR §4.1 (E).
read more: Chair Lina M. Khan Lare Mark/ESI/Optum: Committee file number 2410005 January 17, 2025
ADA & Xeris Pharmaceuticals cooperate to provide low -blooded education and perception. It was announced by American DIABETES ASSOCIATION and was published on PRNEWSWIRE.COM on January 21, 2025.
“Severe hypoglycemia is a threatening life, and people with diabetes have a risk of hypoglycemic due to blood glucose drugs, so we have the importance of planning a treatment plan that includes glucagon at hand. Charles “Chuck” must be urgently acted to educate people. ” HendersonADA's highest executive officer. “Through this important partnership, you can save your life by ensuring that you are treated with insulin so that you can access Gurkagon.
It is estimated that up to 46 % of people suffering from type 2 diabetes using insulin and 21 % of those with type 2 diabetes have experienced at least one severe hypoglycemic event each year. Hypoglycemia is conservatively responsible for visiting more than 202,000 emergency departments a year, and about 25 % are hospitalized in the hospital.
With the support of Xeris, ADA is a national recognition campaign to develop educational materials and training resources for medical experts and people living in diabetes, and to educate people with risks. We are trying to correct the low rate of the appropriate glucagon prescription. Severe hypoglycemic requires glucagon as a safety net.
read more: ADA & Xeris Pharmaceuticals will cooperate to provide education and consciousness of hypoglycemia.
Turmeric and diabetes are a healthy combination DIABETESCARECOMMUNITY.CA's DIABETES CARE FOR DIABETESCARECOMMUNITY, published on January 21, 2025.
Curcumin's anti -inflammatory and antioxidant elements have been proved to reduce muscle pain and use arthritis to swell. In addition, spices support healthy renal function and even reduce symptoms of anxiety.
What does Turmerick do with diabetes? Turmeric is helpful to lower blood sugar levels, and there is evidence that it may help prevent complications related to diabetes such as metabolic syndrome. Research has shown that people who use turmeric supplements will significantly reduce not only cholesterol and blood pressure, but also average blood sugar (HBA1C).
What is your research on the sensitivity of turmeric and insulin? Curcumin helps to improve the function of beta cells that generate insulin. It can reduce inflammation and oxidative stress that can contribute to insulin sensitivity. However, it is necessary to further study how effective spices are in improving insulin sensitivity over the long term.
read more: Turmeric and diabetes are a healthy combination
AI solutions are going forward why the US health care is broken.December 23, 2024, by DIABETECH.com Justin Eastzer.
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