Lala Jackson
2015-12-05
Written by Lala
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Dexcom G7 Continuous Glucose Monitor Approved by the FDA
The Dexcom G7 CGM is now approved for use in the U.S. for people with all types of diabetes ages two years and older.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/BT1-THUMB-ALLIANCE-T1D-INDEX-LAUNCH-V1.jpeg.jpg)
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Better Data Saves Lives: Introducing the T1D Index
According to the T1D Index, 3.86 million people would still be alive today if everyone had equitable access to diabetes healthcare and tools.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/BT1-SANOFI-COPAY-PROGRAM-THUMB.jpeg)
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New Program Offers $35 Monthly Copays for Sanofi Insulins
Sanofi has announced a $35 per month insulin copay program for uninsured individuals in the U.S, effective July 1, 2022.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/BT1-VINCENT-WARNING-SIGNS-THUMB-2.jpeg)
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Fighting For a Type 1 Diagnosis: Vincent’s Story
For the six months before ER staff almost sent him home with a blood sugar over 900 mg/dL, 25-year-old Vincent had been feeling less and less like himself. MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/BT1-CIVICA-INTERVIEW-THUMB-FEBRUARY-2022.jpg)
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How Civica Rx Aims to Change the U.S. Insulin Market
We sat down with Civica Rx board chair Dan Liljenquist to talk about how Civica Rx aims to create modern insulins for $30 or less per vial.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/BT1-NEW-GLUCAGON-OPTIONS-THUMB.jpg)
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What’s Up With All the New Glucagon Options? With Alissa Segal, PharmD
Even if you've never had a severe low blood sugar before, if you take insulin or a blood sugar-lowering medication, you need glucagon. MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/BT1-OMNIPOD-5-THUMB.png)
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Omnipod 5 Receives FDA Approval
Omnipod 5, a closed-loop tubeless insulin pump with smartphone control that integrates with the Dexcom G6 continuous glucose monitor, has now received FDA approval.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/BT1-IS-COVID-CAUSING-T1D-THUMB.jpeg)
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Is COVID-19 Causing Type 1 Diabetes?
There’s so much we don’t know about COVID-19 that will take years to research and learn. One big question: can COVID cause type 1 diabetes?MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/BT1-BT2-THUMB-RESPOND-STIGMA-DIABETES.jpeg.jpg)
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Fight the Stigma: How to Respond When People Are Ignorant About Diabetes
Every type of diabetes is hard but ignorant comments from people who don’t understand can make it harder. Here, we have some ideas for how to respond.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/BT1-BEEP-DIVE-ROLE-PRICING-THUMB.jpeg)
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Get the Most Out of Your End-of-Year Insurance
At the end of the year, you've probably already hit your health insurance deductible. That means it's time for free or lower-cost healthcare!MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/BT1-THUMB-2021-ENROLL-MEDICARE.png)
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Have Diabetes and Enrolling in Medicare? Start Here
Medicare can be hard to navigate and even more complex when you have diabetes. This step-by-step guide makes the process a little easier.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/BT1-COVID-19-Vaccine-Approved-for-Children-THUMB-00.jpeg)
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COVID-19 Vaccines For Kids Ages 5 to 11 With Diabetes: What to Know
COVID-19 vaccines are now available for kids age 5+! Learn about safety and managing side effects for kids with type 1 diabetes.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/BT1-IMMUNOLOGIST-INTERVIEW-ON-COVID-THUMB.jpeg)
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We Asked An Immunologist Your Questions About COVID-19 Vaccine Safety
Dr. Bernard Khor, an immunologist who works in autoimmune diseases, shares what he wants people with type 1 diabetes to know about the COVID-19 vaccines.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/BT1-BT2-THUMB-masks-girls.png)
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Have Diabetes and Hesitant About COVID-19 Vaccines? Read This
If you have concerns about getting the COVID-19 vaccine, we’re here to give you trustworthy science and fact-based information.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/BT1-BT2-BUILDING-HEALTHCARE-TEAM-THUMB.jpeg)
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Just Diagnosed with Diabetes? Here’s Who You Need on Your Team
Just diagnosed with diabetes or feel like you need more support with an existing diagnosis? Remember - you don't have to do this alone.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/BT1-BT2-THUMB-HHS-RULE-SURPRISE-MEDICAL.jpeg)
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Healthcare Providers Will No Longer Be Allowed to Issue “Surprise” Bills
The healthcare regulation is designed to decrease medical financial hardships by banning surprise billing starting January 1, 2022.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/BT1-OUT-OF-POCKET-COST-THUMB.jpeg)
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Out of Pocket Cost for Your Insulin Just Change? It’s Your Insurance Formulary
Every July, PBMs update contracts between insulin manufacturers and insurance companies, which can change what you pay for insulin.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/BT1-BT2-THUMB-TEEN-VACCINE.jpeg.jpg)
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COVID-19 Vaccines For Kids + Teens with Diabetes
COVID-19 vaccines are now available for kids ages 5+! Learn about safety and managing side effects for kids and teens with diabetes.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BT1-DIABETES-CARE-RACIAL-DISPARITIES-THUMB.jpg)
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Why are Black and Hispanic Youth with T1D Using Less Diabetes Technology?
We interviewed Dr. Shivani Agarwal about the racial-ethnic and socio-economic disparities in type 1 diabetes care. Here's what we learned.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BT1-THUMB-BIO-HORMONE.jpeg)
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What if a Pump Could Deliver Both Insulin and Glucagon?
After more than a decade of development, dual hormone artificial pancreas systems - using insulin and glucagon - are on the horizon.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BT1-THUMB-RESPOND-SEVERE-LOW-BG.jpg)
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When Should You *Actually* Use Glucagon?
I was taught that glucagon is only ever used after someone with diabetes has passed out from a low blood sugar. Turns out, that's not true.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BT1-THUMB-NEED-KNOW-NEXT-LOW-BLOOD-SUGAR.jpg)
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4 Things You Need to Know Before Your Next Low Blood Sugar
For everyone who doses insulin, low blood sugar (also called hypoglycemia) is the most immediate and severe possible side effect. MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/BT1-HEALTHCARE-REOPENING-THUMB.jpg)
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Don’t Have Health Insurance Right Now? Read This
You may qualify for subsidies that lower the cost of your insurance; here's what you need to know to pick a Healthcare.gov plan for 2022.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/BT1-THUMB-IMPACTING-INSULIN.jpg)
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How Rebates—Most of the Cost of Your Insulin—Work
The rebate system creates up to 70% of the current list price of insulin in the US, and it doesn’t have to be this way. MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/BT1-THUMB-SEANTE.jpg)
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Inside the Senate Report on Rising Insulin Prices
A January 2021 Senate Finance Committee report dug into the rapidly increasing cost of insulin. Here, we summarize and explain their findings.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/BT1-BT2-THUMB-BLACK-HISTORY.png)
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Why is Black History Month Important in the Diabetes Community?
We have a responsibility to work against barriers that make diabetes care more difficult for Black people, while also celebrating Black people in the diabetes community for exactly who they are.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/BT1-THUMB-BEYOND-INSULIN-DUAL-HORMONE.jpg)
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Beyond Insulin: The Future of Dual Hormone Treatment
Insulin isn't the only hormone at play in blood sugar management. We spoke with Zealand Pharma to learn more about glucagon & better ways to deliver it.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/BT1-THUMB-VACCINE-ROLLOUT.jpg)
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How to Get Your COVID-19 Vaccine
If you have Type 1 diabetes, you may be a little confused about how and when to get your COVID-19 vaccine. Here, we clarify...MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/BT1-THUMB-COVID-VACCINE.png)
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Diabetes + COVID Vaccines: What You Need to Know
If you have diabetes, here’s everything you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccines.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/BT1-THUMB-DIABETESAND-MAIN.png)
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Diabetes And… What Impacts Your Life with Diabetes?
Many things beyond diabetes impact our lives so we're sharing our stories with the hashtag #DiabetesAndMORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/BT1-THUMB-AT-WHAT-COST-DIABETES-BUDGET.png)
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At What Cost? The Impact of Diabetes on Your Budget, Part 3
We’re digging into the impact that living with Type 1 diabetes has on your money. In Part 3, one month in DC on a $67,000 annual salary.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/BT1-WORK-SCHOOL-SAFETY-THUMB.jpg)
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COVID + Diabetes: The Work and School Safety Guide
For those living with diabetes amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, extra precautions must be taken for work and school.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/BT1-THUMB-WHAT-FRIENDS-WANT-KNOW-PRE-EXIST.png)
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COVID-19: What Your Friends with Preexisting Conditions Need You To Know
Here's what your friends with preexisting conditions want you to know, now that we know a little bit more about COVID-19.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/BT1-THUMB-DKA-COVID-CHILD-DX-INCREASED.png)
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Study Links COVID-19 to Increased Rates of DKA at Diagnosis in Children
In a German study from March to May 2020, nearly half of minors had DKA at type 1 diabetes diagnosis - double previous years - amidst COVID-19.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/BT1-THUMB-AT-WHAT-COST.jpg)
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At What Cost? The Impact of Diabetes on Your Budget, Part 2
In this series, we’re digging into the impact that living with diabetes has on your money. This time, one month in London, Ontario on a $17,537 salary.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/BT1-THUMB-UHC-TANDEM.png)
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United Healthcare to Begin Covering Tandem Insulin Pumps
On July 1, 2020, United Healthcare (UHC) announced they will begin covering the Tandem t:slim X2 insulin pump, a departure from UHC’s four-year policy to only provide health insurance coverage for M...MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/BT1-THUMB-LAUREN-COX.jpg)
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Lauren Cox: The First Player with Type 1 Diabetes in the WNBA
Lauren Cox was drafted third overall in the 2020 WNBA draft and is the first ever professional women’s basketball player with type 1 diabetes.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/BT1-ADA-2020-THUMB-ENG-07.png)
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Disparities in Diabetes and Diabetes Care—What Can We Do About It?
At this ADA 2020 session, systemic racism and implicit bias were clear contributors to poor health and healthcare outcomes for Black and Latinx communities.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/BT1-THUMB-FIRST-T1D-COMMERCIAL-PILOT.jpg)
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Celebrating the First Commercial Pilot with Type 1 Diabetes
This Spring, Pietro Marsala made history as the very first insulin-dependent pilot to be approved by the Federal Aviation Administration to fly commerciallyMORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/BT1-THUMB-GUIDE-TO-PROTEST.jpg.png)
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Be Prepared + Know Your Rights: Your Guide to Protesting with Diabetes
Protesting is one of many ways to create change and is a right of all Americans under the First Amendment. But if you have diabetes, there are extra things to consider before attending. MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BT1-THUMB-CMS-MEDICARE-D.png)
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Medicare Part D Senior Savings Model Caps Insulin Costs at $35 per Month
The Senior Savings Model caps out of pocket insulin costs at $35 per month for seniors enrolled in eligible plans.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BT1-THUMB-HOW-ALLY.jpg)
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How can we be better allies?
How can white people with diabetes use our experiences with advocacy to be better advocates for Black people in the United States?MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BT1-THUMB-NHS-COVID-T1.png)
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England’s NHS Releases Study on Risk of COVID-19 for People with Diabetes
This week, the National Health Service (NHS) in England released the first study of its kind, breaking down COVID-19 mortality risk by type of diabetes.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BT1-THUMB-HUMOR-STOP-COVID.jpg)
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10 Ways to Stop the Spread of COVID-19
As many of us are nearing almost ten weeks of physical distancing and social isolation, we’ve had to get creative with how we follow the behaviors that can keep the most people safe from COVID-19.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/BT1-THUMB-GRAPHIC-DIABETES-IMPACT-BUDGET.png)
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At What Cost? The Impact of Diabetes on Your Budget, Part 1
In this new series, we’re digging into the impact that living with type 1 diabetes has on your money. First up, one month in Pembroke, New Hampshire on a $44,000 salary, with type 1 diabetes.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BT1-HEADER-CHANGE-ORG-INSULIN-01-400x400.png)
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The Power in Numbers: Change.org’s Affordable Insulin For All Movement
As insulin prices continue to increase in the United States, Change.org is equipping those affected with the tools to speak out.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BT1-THUMB-MEDICARE-35-INSULIN.jpg)
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New Medicare Plan Will Cap Insulin Copays at $35
On March 11, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a new plan for some Medicare Part D participants to pay a maximum $35 copay for their monthly supply of insulin. MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Lala_Sleep_Thumb.png)
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A Lifetime of Sleeping With Diabetes Tech
Lala shares her take on spending much of her life sleeping with diabetes technology and how she deals with it when it gets in the way of her rest.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/BT1-THUMB-FAA-GROUND-T1D-PILOTS.jpg)
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The FAA continues to ground commercial pilots with insulin-dependent diabetes
Pilots with diabetes remain in the dark following the Federal Aviation Administration's updated medical certification guidelines.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/BT1-THUMB-JDRF-CHILD-T1D-SCREENING.png)
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New Evidence Shows Vital Importance of Screening For T1D in Children
By screening for type 1 diabetes in children, Bavaria was able to decrease rates of diabetic ketoacidosis at diagnosis.MORE![](https://beyondtype1.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/BT1-BT2-THUMB-THERAPY-1.png)
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