Diabetes management has come a long way from being a wasting sickness/death sentence and tasting urine to measure blood glucose. This month, Liz, Amy, and Evan (an actual teacher) take a walk down history lane to talk about how diabetes management has evolved over the years. From the advent of home glucose monitoring, metformin, and insulin to CGMs and automated insulin delivery systems, things have changed a lot over the years.

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Reference Links

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317484

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4707300/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3749019/

History of Glucose Monitoring https://diabetesjournals.org/compendia/article/2018/1/1/144616/Introduction-History-of-Glucose-Monitoring

100 Years of Insulin https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/fda-history-exhibits/100-years-insulin

Brief History of Diabetes Meds https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4522877/

History of T2 Meds https://blog.profil.com/blog/medications-for-type-2-diabetes-a-short-historical-perspective

Dovc, K., & Battelino, T. (2020). Evolution of Diabetes Technology. Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America, 49 (1), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecl.2019.10.009

'Mill Hill Infuser', the first portable insulin infusion pump, London, England, 1976 | Science Museum Group Collection

Pickup, J. C., Keen, H., Parsons, J. A., & Alberti, K. G. (1978). Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion: an approach to achieving normoglycaemia. Br Med J, 1 (6107), 204-207.

Tadej Battelino et. al.; Clinical Targets for Continuous Glucose Monitoring Data Interpretation: Recommendations From the International Consensus on Time in Range. Diabetes Care  1 August 2019; 42 (8): 1593–1603. https://doi.org/10.2337/dci19-0028