This issue feels a little heavy, as a few topics are tough ones, about people feeling stigma, shame or simply experiencing a build-up of comments from people who do not know what it’s like to actually live with diabetes, day after day after day. One cupcake won’t kill you. Should you be eating that. You did this to yourself. We all know the song-sheet.
A new video from Abbott goes beyond just promoting a product, aiming to explain how it feels to have everyone around you – often ‘meaning well’, in fact turns into a critic, and an ignorant one at that. If you never get any good news or encouragement from your doctor, will you keep up with appointments? Research says not. No surprise there.
As for stigma, similarly while it sounds horrid, it’s only by understanding what is going on and how its making people feel, that it can be addressed. At least that is the hope of a survey being run by Imperial College London. Why not sign up and see if you can help to move that research forward?
News – Dexcom G7 now in the UK pairing with Omnipod 5. Glooko boasts not one but two new partnerships, expanding the systems reach even further, this time with insulin pens and dosing calculator apps. We also look at current regulatory guidance as well as how medical devices get classified as being safe to use. In the USA, Tandem gets FDA nod to offer its insulin pump systems to Type 2s.
Then there’s our regular Food section, from celebrating Holi with festival food, to Asian-flavoured crisps, a new water brand and a new stout, too. We round up with Making Carbs Count – this time about the glory of the simple oat as both a classic breakfast food but also as more of a savoury staple than you may have expected or experienced.
