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Of Continuing Interest

1. Make plans to attend CWD's Friends for Life UK, to be held at the Beaumont House, Old Windsor, Berkshire from August 14-16, 2009.
2. Make plans to attend CWD's Focus on Technology: La Jolla 2009 conference, to be held at the Marriott San Diego La Jolla from October 2-4, 2009 in La Jolla, California.
3. Make plans to attend CWD's Family Support Weekend: Marco Island 2010 conference, to be held at the Marco Island Marriott Resort from December 31, 2009 - January 3, 2010.

New This Week

Top Stories

1. We have a preliminary report from the just completed Friends for Life: Orlando 2009 annual conference. We'll have the complete report and more photos online in the coming week.
2. Last week's poll asked readers if caring for their diabetes causes financial hardship for their family. This week's poll asks readers if they have sought counseling.
3. The Featured Book of the Week is Understanding Insulin Pumps & Continuous Glucose Monitors by H. Peter Chase, M.D., Jana Gaston, MS, CDE, RD, and Laurel Messer, RN, BSN.
4. Our Report from Quilt for Life: DC 2008 is Worth a Look.
5. This week's Humorous Tidbit is:
   We just put an inground pool in our backyard this summer. One day, I was testing the pool for chlorine and ph balance. My 9 year old daughter saw me put the testing strip in and compare it to the colours on the bottle. She then asked, "Does the pool have ketones?"
6. You know you're the parent of a child with diabetes when you you ask your child what they had for lunch and they reply 45 carbs! See more parent humor.

Featured Diabetes Team Question of the Week

7. The Featured Ask the Diabetes Team Question of the Week is:
   My son has had four morning seizures when his blood sugar has been in the low 100s mg/dl [5.6 to 5.8 mmol/L]. Why is this happening?
   See the answer.

From the CWD Forums

8. From the CWD Forums:
   Experiment: does keeping records improve the A1c?

Quilt for Life

9. We added 10 new panels to the Quilt for Life, bringing the total to 709 panels.

Diabetes Camps

10. Dr. Steve Ponder is writing about his experiences at the Texas Lions Camp for Children with Diabetes.

Diabetes Basics

11. Insulin Pump Therapy: The Pros and Cons in Current Diabetes Management.

Advocacy, Fundraising Events, and Support

12. The American Diabetes Association Now Accepting Applications For The 2010 National Youth Advocate. The ADA's National Youth Advocate (NYA) position is open to young people ages 12-17 years old (as of October 1) with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Applications must be postmarked by October 1, 2009.
13. The Diabetes Scholars Foundation has teamed up with Find A Cure Panel, which will donate a minimum of $25 to the Diabetes Scholars Foundation for each survey completed.
14. Pump Wear Inc. is Proud to Sponsor a unique Family Weekend at the Double H Ranch.

Studies and Surveys

15. A company developing a new insulin pump seeks feedback from users of traditional insulin pumps and users of the OmniPod insulin pump system.
16. Open-label Investigation of the Safety and Effectiveness of DIABECELL(R) in Patients With Type I Diabetes Mellitus begins in New Zealand.

Diabetes Blogs

17. CWD: "You Can Not Like It and Still Do It."
18. CWD: Inspired by Jay Hewitt - Again!

Products and Books

19. 50 Diabetes Myths That Can Ruin Your Life and the 50 Diabetes Truths That Can Save It is an excellent new book for everyone's diabetes library.
20. Diabetes and the iPhone.
21. DiabeText (in public beta) lets you track your glucose, insulin and carbs using simple text messaging.
22. Animas is offering protective skins for their insulin pumps.

Research

23. Identification of three wheat globulin genes by screening a Triticum aestivum BAC genomic library with cDNA from a diabetes-associated globulin. Free full text available in PDF format.
24. Progress towards the clinical use of CD3 monoclonal antibodies in the treatment of autoimmunity.
25. Hypoglycemic and beta cell protective andrographolide analogue for diabetes treatment.
26. The glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 immunoglobulin G subclass profile differs between adult-onset type 1 diabetes and latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) up to 3 years after clinical onset.
27. Mild Fasting Hyperglycemia in a Child: Importance of New Genetic Tools. Also available in PDF format, which includes the referenced tables.
28. Pigment epithelium-derived factor contributes to insulin resistance in obesity. See also Discovery of Link Between Obesity and Type 2 Opens Path to Possible New Treatment and When Weight Is the Issue, Doctors Struggle Too.

Daily Care

29. Insulin Glargine and Cancer—An Unsubstantiated Allegation.
30. Efficacy and safety of insulin glulisine in Japanese patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
31. Continuous glucose monitoring in youth with type 1 diabetes.
32. Associations of Parent Coping, Stress, and Well-Being in Mothers of Children with Diabetes: Examination of Data from a National Sample.
33. Compensatory beliefs about glucose testing are associated with low adherence to treatment and poor metabolic control in adolescents with type 1 diabetes.
34. Changes in Visual Impairment Prevalence by Period of Diagnosis of Diabetes The Wisconsin Epidemiologic Study of Diabetic Retinopathy.
35. Retinal vessel calibre and micro- and macrovascular complications in type 1 diabetes.
36. Abnormal cold perception in the lower limbs: A sensitive indicator for detection of polyneuropathy in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
37. Low dose (0.05 units/kg/h) is comparable with standard dose (0.1 units/kg/h) intravenous insulin infusion for the initial treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis in children with type 1 diabetes-an observational study.
38. Diabetes mellitus and gastric emptying: questions and issues in clinical practice.
39. Insulin pump therapy for type 1 diabetes treatment in a girl with Down's syndrome.

Celiac

40. Chapter 6 introduction of oats in the diet of individuals with celiac disease a systematic review.

Diabetes in the Popular Press

41. Standards Might Rise on Monitors for Diabetics. See also How Accurate Are Handheld Glucose Meters?
42. Do Contaminants Play a Role in Diabetes?
43. Sotomayor's nomination is historic also because she is living successfully with diabetes.
44. NBC Nightly News featured a story about type 1 diabetes that features the Diabetes Research Institute.
45. Indy Lights Racer Charlie Kimball Will Not Let Diabetes Slow Him Down.
46. Living her life to the fullest.
47. Second Opinion: OmniPod gives girl normalcy.
48. Diabetes doesn't stop U.S. setter.

Press Releases

49. FDA Approves NovoLog® Labeling Update; Increasing the Time Patients Can Use and Store NovoLog® in Their Pumps from Two Days to Six Days.
50. OneTouch® Ping™ Glucose Management System Approved by Health Canada.

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