My thread is a place for intelligent discourse. Ask questions, present supplementary evidence. Let's learn together. However, if the best you can do is push your own, irrelevant agenda, or offer little more than hyperbole and ad hominem, I will likely block you. Nothing personal.

Recent shipments from IFL Australia received in Ecuador, the Philippines and in Egypt with the latter for refugees. Thank you 🙏all IFL team members, donors and delivery chain people.

The November 2025 edition of This Month in T1D Research is out https://t.co/Txb6kaI8At We look at: - A new marker for T1D progression - A possible link between the gut microbiome and T1D - Maternal protection from T1D in the womb - Hydrogel protection for transplanted cells

With a recent update of the CamAPS software, there is a tiny green '9.2' in the widget icons which changes as my BGLs change (the large 9.2 at the bottom of the screen is thanks to xDrip+). Even without clever hackery with xDrip+ I can now see my BGLs on the lock screen :)

Something which seems to be across chronic diseases and politics is "Rage-Grifting". Basically, the monetising of Rage-bait. There is money to be made in making up conspiracies and playing to people's feelings of impotent rage, than there is in being part of the solution.

Interesting new study looking at close to 200,000 US adults over 30 years to see how a low carb diet affects the risk of type 2 diabetes. The conclusion was it is protective only if it uses plant-based protein, healthy fats, and high quality carbs. https://t.co/LfOKdylOUO

Insulin pump refill while at the airport gate

Heading back to Sydney from Canberra I came armed with a letter from my endo to prevent being scanned but didn't need it. This time a pat down without issue.

Alas, not even middle-aged white privilege got me through this time. Domestic flight from Sydney to Canberra. Requested a path down and the security person refused insisting the new machines are safe for insulin pumps. @DiabetesAus let's sort this out.

At the @DiabetesAus Kellion Victory Awards celebrating those who have lived with diabetes for 50 or more years. Always inspirational and always emotional.

Think insulin resistance is a type 2 thing? It isn't. Type 1s are also insulin resistant, relative to non-diabetics. Previous studies suggest the cause is insulin running around the body, compared to non-diabetics where most of it gets cleared by the liver.

The multistage chart for type 1 diabetes. Please note that if you only test positive for 1 autoantibody you are unlikely to progress to later stage type 1. There is a lot of misinformation on social media about this aspect.

I might have pushed this before but these are the phases for drug development which goes some of the way of explaining the cost and time it takes to get medications to market, for the sake of safety and efficacy.

At the official launch of ACT-T1D, researchers looking at medications beyond insulin (adjunct therapies)

The T1D stats for Australia

Just been watching a couple of clinicians talk about their experiences in the US with inhaled insulin. Super quick, no need for meal pre-bolus. Also may be useful on exercise days for T1D as an alternative to AID/MDI to minimise insulin on board (TI = Inhaled Insulin)

Living in Melbourne with Type 1? Immune Therapy trial curious? The Mozart trial is recruiting (along with others)

I've resurrected This Month in Type 1 Research thanks to some innovations making it a bit easier :) For the October 2025 edition go to https://t.co/rFfc60Gjcu #ThisMonthInType1DiabetesResearch

I'm quite the fan of vaccines and, if you're not, good luck with that.

Research is now looking to see if introducing the allergens into the diet of a breastfeeding mother can also affect allergy development.

Interesting presentation on allergies. Introducing egg and peanut in the diet of babies, who have a genetic predisposition to allergy, as they start solids, led to a significant reduction in allergy development (cohort 1 = no intro, cohort 2 = intro).