Table of Contents - June / July 2007

Mr. Universe
From fifty-pound weakling to veritable Sampson, Doug Burns has taken type 1 diabetes to the heights of success. But when the police took him for drunk during a low blood sugar episode, the pepper spray came out and Mr. Universe went down. We have his story of success and his tale of tribulation.
Why Does Insulin Cost So Much?
It’s all a matter of patents, potions, and profits. We untangle the money, law, and science that’s made generic insulin a no-show in the marketplace.
CGMs & Meters
Checking blood sugar has never been so easy. We’ve mustered up a myriad of meters, and our chart lays them out to help you make a wise choice. We also monitor continuous glucose monitors, the cat’s meow in the quest for control.

After All These Years
- Gladys’s life has been anything but dull! She talks about her adventurous 84 years with diabetes.
Humor
- Joe Klemann describes life in the funny lane, complete with leaky pipes and ouchthathurtsphobia. It’s a hilarious trip from start to finish.
Kids
- Laura Plunkett provides a warm and sensible lesson in how to keep your type 1 teenager on your side when self-care issues run up against the adolescent drive for autonomy.
Pig Islet Pioneer
- Dr. Bernhard Hering zeroes in on xenotransplantation
Type 1
- Stem cell treatment frees fifteen type 1 patients from insulin. Is it a hope for a cure or just a hyped-up invasive experiment with no future?
- Pig islets success story: They’re still producing insulin ten years after inplantation in type 1 man, much to the surprise of scientists.
Type 2
- Doctors and pharmaceutical companies: Mutually beneficial arrangement or unholy allliance? Pharma companies pay doctors to educate other doctors about drugs, but what’s the trade-off?
People Are Talking
- Diabetes Burn-Out: How to keep on keeping on when nothing you do seems to work.
- The articles that wouldn’t fit: Here’s a listing of the great stories appearing exclusively on our website.

Recipe
- Chicken of Love: A delicious recipe with a Mediterranean slant.
Food News
- News from JAMA: How the Big Four diet plans stack up against each other when it comes to weight loss and metabolic effects.
Nutritional Research
- Hard data about soft drinks.

Meters
- One man’s sojourn with a continuous monitor: The straight story on what it’s really like starting out with this potentially life-changing technology.
Up & Pumping - Or Not?
- Our readers give their insights into the pros and cons of insulin pumping.