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From the Editor

We’re planning big changes for diaTribe – but we need your help!

Fingersticks

The First Lady continues to fight obesity...

Test Drive

An evolutionary step for Paradigm pumpers – see Dana Lewis’s take on Medtronic’s new pump/CGM integrated platform the Paradigm REAL-Time Revel system.

Abbott’s improved FreeStyle Lite strips; UnitedHealth and YMCA’s evidence-based lifestyle program; CVS MinuteClinic’s new monitoring services; Bayer’s child-friendly blood glucose monitor, the Didget; and an update on the Medingo Solo insulin pump.

What We're Reading

Do insulin pumps always pump the same? Read on to learn more about the “siphon effect.”

Conference Pearls

A spotlight on new technologies for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes at the Advanced Technologies and Treatments for Diabetes (ATTD) meeting.

Logbook

James Hirsch details the life of insulin’s original poster child, Elizabeth Evans Hughes – and what we can glean from her story today.

Trial Watch

The “Buddy Study” for teens with type 2 diabetes and canakinumab for type 2 diabetes.

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