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In Episode #9: DEVICEsive, Nick & Dan celebrate National Diabetes Awareness Month (November) by discussing whether the diabetes care industry is more interested in a cure or more devices.  For those that are not diabetic experts, we also discuss the 2 main types of diabetes, form(s) of treatment, and provide additional insight into the JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) and the JDCA (Juvenile Diabetes Cure Alliance).

How many people have diabetes? 30.3 million people, or 9.4% of the U.S. population, have diabetes. An estimated 23.1 million people - or 7.2% of the population - had diagnosed diabetes. Approximately 7.2 million people have diabetes but have not yet been diagnosed (All ages, 2015). Diabetes impacts all social, economic, and ethnic backgrounds. Type 1 diabetes accounts for about 5% of all diagnosed cases of diabetes, affecting approximately 1.5 million people.

The Cost of Diabetes In 2012, the total estimated cost of diagnosed diabetes in the U.S. was $245 billion. Average medical expenditures for people with diagnosed diabetes were about $13,700 per year. About $7,900 of this amount was attributed to diabetes. Average medical expenditures among people with diagnosed diabetes were about 2.3 times higher than expenditures for people without diabetes.

https://www.diabetesresearch.org/diabetes-statistics JDRF Historyhttps://www.jdrf.org/about/

JDCA Info on JDRFhttp://thejdca.org/2019-three-chartshttp://thejdca.org/2019-fundraising-messagehttp://thejdca.org/2019-jdrf-infographic-1 Approximately 30–40% of patients with type 1 diabetes and an increasing number of insulin-requiring patients with type 2 diabetes are using pump and sensor technology.https://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/41/8/1579 History of Glucose Monitoringhttps://professional.diabetes.org/sites/professional.diabetes.org/files/media/db201811.pdf History of Devicehttps://beyondtype1.org/the-evolution-of-diabetes-technology/ Peds Med Study on CGM and Pump Usehttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30151393

FDA stance on non-FDA approved pumpshttp://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-warns-against-use-unauthorized-devices-diabetes-management

Pump and CGM studyhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4730130/ A1c explainedhttps://www.webmd.com/diabetes/guide/glycated-hemoglobin-test-hba1c

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