Tandem Releases Control IQ+ Software - What's new? (Bonus Episode)
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Release Date: 03/19/2025
BONUS Episode: Dexcom Updates From ATTD with Jessica Castle, VP of Medical Affairs
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Bonus episode! I had the opportunity to talk to the folks at Dexcom about their presentations at ATTD and I wanted to bring you the interview sooner rather than later. ATTD is the Advanced Technology and Treatments for Diabetes conference, this year it took place in Barcelona. If you’re new around here, there are a few big diabetes conferences where studies are presented and news is made. ATTD in spring, ADA and ADCES in summer and a few more scattered here and there. We’ll be sharing more from ATTD in upcoming interviews with other tech companies. But today I’m talking to Jessica...
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In the News… $3 Semaglutide?, New Stem Cell Partnership, “Lyla’s Law” Debate, Patient-Led Insulin Dosing in Pregnancy, FDA GLP-1 Crackdown, and more!
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It's In the News, a look at the top headlines and stories in the diabetes community. This week's top stories: Stem Cell Islet Therapy Partnership, “Lyla’s Law” Type 1 Testing Debate, Patient-Led Insulin Dosing for Gestational Diabetes, $3 Semaglutide Manufacturing, FDA GLP-1 Compounding Crackdown Announcing Community Commericals! Learn how to Learn more about Please visit our Sponsors & Partners - they help make the show possible! from extreme temperatures The best way to keep up with Stacey and the show is by signing up for our weekly newsletter: ...
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Fixing the Most Overlooked Problem in Diabetes: Your Skin
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Why don’t we talk about our skin more?! When you or your child is diagnosed with diabetes, you quickly realize the skin is in for a rough time. Endless pokes from needles, infusion sets, CGM wires. You make it work, but what if there was a better way? I’m talking Marie Schiller and Kent Manson – they’ve teamed up to help with a solution now and one they’re working on for the future. The available now treatment is Site Hero – a recovery patch to help sites heal.. and – for the future - a way to scan an area and help identify better injection or infusion sites at home. This is a...
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In the News... Islet cell transplants update, implantable insulin pump moves forward, Olympics monitored GLP-1s and more!
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It's In the News.. a look at the top headlines and stories in the diabetes community. This week's top stories: big updates for stem cell and islet transplants, new pen option for Zepbound, an implantable insulin pump moves forward and more! Announcing Community Commericals! Learn how to Learn more about Please visit our Sponsors & Partners - they help make the show possible! from extreme temperatures The best way to keep up with Stacey and the show is by signing up for our weekly newsletter: Here's where to find us: Learn more about...
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“It’s incredibly exciting” - What’s next for Tidepool with CEO Brandon Arbiter
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Tidepool was founded in 2013, part of the incredible era of DIY diabetes progress, and has since helped change how hundreds of thousands of people with diabetes see and use their data. I’m talking to CEO Brandon Artibter about how open-source innovation became FDA-cleared technology, and what’s next.. including a new partnership with Oura Ring to study sleep, activity, and menstrual cycles, and continued work with Tidepool Loop. This podcast is not intended as medical advice. If you have those kinds of questions, please contact your health care provider. Our previous episodes with...
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In the News... Trump RX, T1D at the Olympics & Superbowl, Ozempic pill launches soon, and more!
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It's In the News.. a look at the top headlines and stories in the diabetes community. This week's top stories: T1D in the Olympics & Superbowl, Trump RX goes live, Ozempic pill available soon, tech updates from Medtronic, Beta Bionics, Eversense 365 and more! Announcing Community Commericals! Learn how to Learn more about Please visit our Sponsors & Partners - they help make the show possible! from extreme temperatures The best way to keep up with Stacey and the show is by signing up for our weekly newsletter: Here's where to find us: ...
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The FDA pulled it, but the diabetes community wouldn’t let it go. How the T1D1 app made a comeback
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Two years ago the FDA pulled down just about every insulin calculator app. A lot of them just disappeared, rather than seek official approval, but one of them – created by a teenager with type 1 – is back. I’m talking with Drew and Mike Mendelow about a free and ad-free insulin-dose calculator app. They share what it was like to navigate the FDA process, how they go international help, and what’s next. This podcast is not intended as medical advice. If you have those kinds of questions, please contact your health care provider. Announcing Community Commericals! Learn how to ...
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In the News... Universal T1D screening studied, Dexcom new product, Afrezza prescribing guidelines update, and more!
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It's In the News.. a look at the top headlines and stories in the diabetes community. This week's top stories: UK looks at starting universal T1D screening, Dexcom's CEO mentions a new product, bariatric sugery vs GLP medications, FDA approves update to prescribing info for inhaled insulin, miscroplastic and diabetes link studied, and more! Announcing Community Commericals! Learn how to Learn more about Please visit our Sponsors & Partners - they help make the show possible! from extreme temperatures The best way to keep up with Stacey and the show is...
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Chris Dunn got screened for her kids, turns out SHE has type 1 diabetes
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Imagine getting your kids screened for T1D and agreeing to do it yourself, just to set a good example, and then your test is the one that comes back with type 1! That’s exactly what happened to Chris Dunn. She was positive for all of the autoantibodies and has since been treated with Tzield, the medication shown to delay the onset. We’re talking to her about all of that, what the treatment is actually like, how she’s doing since and what her family thinks of the whole thing. This podcast is not intended as medical advice. If you have those kinds of questions, please contact your health...
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In the News... New islets study, Tzield for babies, MiniMed Go approved, Civica insulin launched, and more!
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It's In the News... the top diabetes stories and headlines happening now! Top stories this week include: new islet encapsulation trial, FDA agrees to review Tzield for babies and approves the MiniMed Go, Civica releases it's version of Lantus, Eversense launches with a pump partner, scholarship for college students with diabetes and more! Announcing Community Commericals! Learn how to Learn more about Please visit our Sponsors & Partners - they help make the show possible! Learn more about from extreme temperatures The best way to keep up...
info_outlineSome changes coming to Tandem’s Control IQ software… which will now be called Control IQ Plus. What have they added? I’m talking with Dr. Laurel Messer, senior director of Medical Affairs at Tandem to answer your questions about this software update, type 2 indication, whatever happened to Tandem’s new infusion sets and reusable patch pump, and lots more.
This podcast is not intended as medical advice. If you have those kinds of questions, please contact your health care provider.
Important Safety Information: RX ONLY. Indicated for patients with type 1 diabetes, 2 years and older and for patients with type 2 diabetes, 18 years and older. BOXED WARNING: Control-IQ+ technology should not be used in anyone under the age of 2 years old with type 1 diabetes or under the age of 18 years old with type 2 diabetes. It should also not be used in patients who require less than a total daily insulin dose of 5 units of insulin per day or who weigh less than 20 pounds, as those are the required minimum values needed for Control-IQ+ to operate safely. Safety info: tandemdiabetes.com/safetyinfo.
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