Diabetes Connections | Type 1 Diabetes

Updated: 23 Sep 2025 • 750 episodes
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The T1D news show you've been waiting for! Long-time broadcaster, blogger and diabetes mom Stacey Simms interviews prominent advocates, authors and speakers. Stacey asks hard questions of healthcare companies and tech developers and brings on "everyday' people living with type 1. Great for parents of T1D kids, adults with type 1 and anyone who loves a person with diabetes.

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This week on Diabetes Connections.. catching up with Dexcom’s Jake Leach.. our first interview with him since Leach was promoted to CEO. As always, a lot going on – we get the details on a recent recall for Dexcom software, studies presented at EASD, a look at what’s coming up for the rest of this year and into next an

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Managing diabetes data can feel overwhelming, especially when every device speaks a different language. What if your care team could see it all in one place—and have a diabetes educator checking in between visits? This week, we’re talking about SweetSpot, a platform that hopes to make everything easier for the doctor a

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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: kids' A1C and tech access correlation, first generic GLP-1 for weight loss approved, Metformin cuts long covid risk, Tandem Diabetes & Eversense updates, and more! Find out more about Moms' Night Out  Please v

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Lauren Cox and Gary Forbes both live with type 1 diabetes and both played at the very highest level of the sport: the WNBA and the NBA. Podcaster Rob Howe brought them together as part of the Diabetes Legends Basketball Clinic – an ongoing event for kids and teenagers with type 1 that takes place in different cities ar

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This week on Diabetes Connections.. when T1D is one of many chronic conditions. Stacy Abrams was diagnosed with type 1 at age five, and she’s faced a slew of other issues since then. Chronic fatigue, celiac, a long road to uncovering mold and environmental illness. She shares the highs and lows of that journey, what he

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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: CRISPR modified cell transplant for type 1, risk of T1D if parent has a different type of diabetes, Metformin and the brain, oral GLP-1, and more! Find out more about Moms' Night Out  Please visit our Sponsors

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