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July 25, 2020

COVID-19 impacts families buying insulin from Mexico

Many Americans cancel trips across the border to get lifesaving insulin because of the Coronavirus pandemic.

April 28, 2020

Cancer screenings plummet in US amid coronavirus pandemic: report

With residents in the U.S. told to stay home, medical tests for detecting cancer, heart disease, and diabetes have greatly decreased amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report on Tuesday.

March 20, 2020

Coronavirus patients with diabetes -- like Tom Hanks -- can have more complications

Tom Hanks' Type 2 diabetes -- which he disclosed in 2013 -- meant he had an underlying condition that could potentially have made contracting coronavirus even more serious for him. 

February 14, 2020

Couple starts non-profit to buy cheaper prescriptions from Mexico

Eric and Erica Threlkeld use their own and donated frequent flier miles to travel to Mexico to buy more affordable insulin to donate to diabetics in America.

January 31, 2020

Fox Sports' Joe Buck reflects on the 50th anniversary of his dad calling the Super Bowl

Fox Sports play-by-play announcer Joe Buck is following in his father's footsteps. 

November 26, 2019

Country star Eric Paslay on how technology helps him manage his type 1 diabetes

Paslay is using his platform to help advocate for others who are also living with type 1 diabetes.

November 19, 2019

Bride-to-be wakes from surgery to find legs amputated, wishes to walk down aisle at wedding

She remains hospitalized, but said she would like to one day walk down the aisle toward her groom.

October 1, 2019

More than a dozen Indiana high school students hospitalized after mistakenly injected with insulin

Sixteen Indiana students were rushed to the hospital Monday after they were mistakenly injected with insulin during a tuberculosis skin test at their local high school, according to school officials.

September 11, 2019

Short stature linked with higher risk of type 2 diabetes, study suggests

The researchers found that every 4-inch increase in a person's height was linked with a 41 percent reduced risk of developing type 2 diabetes for men and a 33 percent reduced risk for women. 

August 2, 2019

Diabetic Americans forced to travel to Canada to buy insulin

Skyrocketing prescription drug prices are driving Americans to make drastic decisions; insight from Travis Paulson, who has type 1 diabetes, and Dr. Marty Makary, surgeon at Johns Hopkins Medicine.