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 |  One Road To Hope: JDRF's Artificial Pancreas Project at the University of Virginia September 17, 2009 Continuous Glucose Monitors: Even More of a Good Thing For a while now, JDRF has been conducting clinical trials on the effectiveness of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) for people with type 1 diabetes. Last year, they issued their first two reports on their findings, showing that CGMs can improve control even for people who already have A1c's below 7%. Now JDRF has released their third and fourth reports, and they even more strongly support the use of CGMs. According to their studies, which were recently published online by the journal Diabetes Care, the regular use of a CGM is a more important contributor to good control of blood sugar than age or background. Read more... September 14, 2009 Closing the Loop: Artificial Pancreas May Be Just a Few Years Away For the past few years, researchers have said that endocrinologists are coming closer to having a closed-loop artificial pancreas - a device that could revolutionize diabetes management for patients with type 1 diabetes. Read more... September 8, 2009 Two JDRF Studies on Regular CGM Use Read the press release... July 10, 2009 ABC World News Tonight Features Artificial Pancreas Watch footage of the segment that aired on July 9... Read a summary of the segment... July 9, 2009 JDRF Funded Artificial Pancreas Researcher Named "Medical Pioneer" by U.S News & World Report Read the article... June 4, 2009 Medical Device Daily Reports on JDRF's CGM Study Benefits JDRF's Dr. Aaron Kowalski, PhD, interviewed. Download the PDF... May 29, 2009 Critical Appraisal of CGM Technology is Focus of Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics Supplement Read the article by Aaron Kowalski, Ph.D., on closing the loop for the artificial pancreas. Click here... May 27, 2009 New CGM Study Results JDRF-funded study shows CGM devices also benefit people with type 1 diabetes who already have good blood sugar control. Read the article... May 2009 Artificial Pancreas: An Idea Whose Time Has Come? JDRF's Dr. Aaron Kowalski discusses artificial pancreas technology in the May issue of Endocrine News. Read the article... April 16, 2009 JAMA Article: Artificial Pancreas May Soon Be a Reality Download the article... April 7, 2009 Health Plans Expand CGM Coverage Due to JDRF Trial Four of the nation's five largest health plans -- Aetna, CIGNA, United, and Wellpoint -- are now providing broad coverage for continuous glucose monitors (CGM) based on the results of the JDRF funded trial, as are numerous influential regional plans. For more, see this page. January 8, 2009 JDRF's CGM Research Named One of Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs of 2008 ABC News Lists Human Clinical Trial of Continuous Glucose Monitors Among Year's Most Important Advancements. Read more... January 5, 2009 Good News: United Issues New CGM Coverage Policy United, which serves 70 million Americans, has just issued a great new policy which provides long-term coverage for continuous glucose monitoring for people with type 1 diabetes who are following a physician ordered treatment plan and either have been unable to achieve optimum glycemic control or have experienced hypoglycemia unawareness. Get details on United's policy (see "continuous glucose monitoring." In addition to United, Aetna and Kaiser Permanente recently expanded their CGM policies. For more information about these and other policies, click here. On Thursday, Aug. 7, CBS' The Early Show featured JDRF-funded researcher William Tamborlane, M.D., from Yale University and teen Kady Helme discussing the Artificial Pancreas Project. |
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Diabetes Blog Starts CGM Petition
