#1294 Weekly News 8/26/24

August 31, 2024Scott Benner

For the week of August 26, 2024

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OmniPod, Hello friends and welcome back to another episode of The juicebox podcast.

This is the diabetes news that I found interesting for the week of August, 26 2024 nothing you hear on the juicebox podcast should be considered advice medical or otherwise, always consult a physician before making any changes to your healthcare plan. When you place your first order for ag one, with my link, you'll get five free travel packs and a free year supply of vitamin D drink. Ag one.com/juicebox don't forget to save 40% off of your entire order at cozy earth.com All you have to do is use the offer code juicebox at checkout. That's juicebox at checkout to save 40% at cozy earth.com if you'd like to help out the podcast and type one diabetes research. Go to T 1d exchange.org/juice, box. Join the registry, take the survey. All you need to be is a US resident who has type one diabetes or is the caregiver of someone with type one if you're those things and you'd like to help. T 1d exchange.org/juice, box. It should not take you more than 10 minutes. I've done it myself. It's very easy. They ask you some questions. You know, all the answers. You answer the questions, and just like that, you've helped some news today out of Washington, DC, from the FDA, by way of Acton, Massachusetts. Acton, of course, where OmniPods are made. OmniPod five now has approval for use with type two diabetes. Wow. Let's see insulin. Says more than 30 million people live with type two diabetes in the US. 6 million of them require insulin. Of those two and a half million use multiple daily injections. The company is hoping to bring the OmniPod to those people. Here's what their study you know, you gotta submit your study to the FDA, see what they say. The results demonstrated glycemic improvements with the use of OmniPod five compared to prior treatments of insulin injections or pump therapy in adults with type two diabetes. So you're gonna get some automation for people with type two, that's going to be kind of awesome here. Sorry, there was let's see what outcomes included significant reductions in a 1c reductions in time in hyperglycemia and reduction in total daily insulin dose. Insulin also reported a large improvement in time and range without increasing time in hypoglycemia. That's pretty awesome. Well, people with type two diabetes using insulin automation is now available to you. I don't usually do this, but use my link, omnipod.com/juicebox Get started today. We'll stay with the theme here of devices being repurposed for other uses. OmniPod five for type two diabetes, and now Dexcom has launched something called the Dexcom stello. Now this is an over the counter. CGM, right. I'm just gonna read your press release. Today, Dexcom announced a significant product launch as another continuous glucose monitor is hitting the market. Dexcom launched its stello over the counter, OTC CGM biosensor, small wearable sensors specifically for people with type two diabetes who do not use insulin. Stello features a 15 day wear based on the g7 platform. It offers a software experience tailored specific for non insulin users. So Dexcom, can you get a stello at dexcom.com/juice, box? I didn't know that this, uh, this news report was going to turn into, please use Scott's links, but let's take a look here. Yeah, just go to my link, dexcom.com/juice box. Then when you get there, I mean, click on the Dexcom logo in the top left. It's green. It'll take you to the front page and you can check out Stella. They'll see how you came in. Okay, so that's what we've got so far. For news this week, I'll be back. I like the stello thing is good. You know what? I mean, people the type two. Let me see if I can find out more about this. Stella is currently available for purchase@stello.com so go to my link and then click on that, you'll see it either as a single pack of two sensors with a total wear time of up to 30 days for $99 or through a monthly subscription of $89 a month, it includes two sensors every 30 days. This is FSA and HSA eligible, all right. Well, if you have type two diabetes and you want to check out Dexcom, check out the stello, and hopefully one day insurance will cover this too. But for now, it looks like it's over the counter and out of pocket. Over the counter, though, means you don't need a prescription. That really is pretty great. I guess we're going. Stick with devices almost exclusively. This week looks like there's a partnership between Medtronic and Abbott. Looks like the collaboration is aimed at integrating Abbott's FreeStyle Libre CGM Tech with Medtronic insulin delivery system. Abbott will develop a CGM sensor based on its FreeStyle Libre technology that will work exclusively with Medtronic, automated insulin delivery system and smart insulin pen. This integration will enable automatic insulin adjustments to help. Yeah, we know how it works. Well, that's interesting. So you're going to take Abbott's glucose sensing technology based on libre and make a CGM that only works with Medtronic stuff. That's interesting. I wonder why they did that. We're gonna learn more about that at some point, aren't we? For clarity, this is the future stuff like the new simplara CGM from Medtronic is not made by avid as far as I know. Huh? I do wonder, we'll have to get somebody on and talk about that. I wonder why they did that. I mean, maybe you're just going to use people's, you know, strength, or maybe Medtronic looked and said, Look, Abbott makes great CGMS. We'll do that. And we don't have to make them, or they're going to make them and not, I don't know, and I can't find out right now, but I'll try to find out in the future. For you. I am going to finish up this week with a publication from the American Diabetes Association. It's called effects of SARS cov two, infection on incident diabetes by viral, excuse me, by viral variant findings from the National covid cohort collaborative, N, 3c, how about that? Clear as mud? Let me break it down for you. The study aimed to understand if the risks of developing diabetes after covid 19 differed across different viral variants. So they looked at different variants of covid to see if one or the other gave you a greater risk of developing diabetes. Data from the National covid cohort collaboration showed that the risk of new onset diabetes was elevated across all SARS cov two variants, those are ancestral alpha, delta and OmniPod, the increase in diabetes risk was similar for all variants, but showed a delay in onset with the OmniPod variant after 180 days, despite the milder severity of recent variants, the risk of developing diabetes post covid remains high, highlighting the need for continued monitoring. The research supports the integration of diabetes prevention strategies in a post covid era. That's interesting. The findings suggest that people recovering from covid 19, regardless of the variant, are at an increased risk for diabetes, making ongoing surveillance and diabetes prevention important components of care. That's what they say. The study specifies that the increased risk of diabetes after covid 19 includes both type one and type two, but most new diagnosis were of the type two variant, the incident rates of both types increased across all viral variants. Excuse me, with the highest rates observed during the OmniPod. Like we said, The study used data from a large cohort to assess the risk of both types of diabetes. If you're newly diagnosed, check out the bold beginnings series. Find it at juicebox podcast.com up in the menu in the featured tab of the private Facebook group, or go into the audio app you're listening in right now and search for juicebox podcast, bold beginnings. Juicebox is one word. Juicebox podcast, bold beginnings. This series is perfect for newly diagnosed people. You

I've been doing these news segments for a few months now, and they're really well received. I want to thank you for that and let you know if you see any news about diabetes that you think is interesting, head over to juicebox podcast.com and send it in through the link. There's a link in there. How to contact me. You'll find it when you get there. I know you will All right, guys, I'm out of here. Do me a favor if you need or want anything that is sold by one of the sponsors, please use my links when you do that, you are supporting the production of this podcast, helping to keep it free and plentiful, and you're just helping me out. I pay my electric bill with this money. I keep the podcast going. I'm not saying buy something you don't want, but I mean, if you're getting an OmniPod, then go to my link. You know what? I mean, that kind of thing you.