in August 2015, 44-year-old Wendy Peacock made medical history when she became the first recipient of a breakthrough procedure developed by the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) at UHealth — University of Miami Health System that enabled her to become insulin-free.

Researchers are exploring the connection between bad gut bacteria and its connection to diabetes as well as other diseases. Dr. Marie-Claire Arrieta, an assistant professor of microbiology at the University of Calgary and co-author of the newly released "Let Them Eat Dirt: Saving Your Child from an Oversanitized World" (Algonquin Press, 2016) joins us to talk diabetes, as well as the best and worst foods you can eat to make healthy gut microbes. 

In July 2016, the FDA granted approval on the InPen, the first and only FDA-approved wireless-enabled insulin pen that calculates and recommends optimal dosing, tracks and records a one's doses and times, and shares dosing information with your health care provider through a mobile app. The Diabetes Dish spoke to The InPen's creator Sean Saint, CEO of Companion Medical, the pen's manufacturer, to learn about his inspiration for the pen, the pen's features and how it's impacted his own type 1 diabetes. 

Les Hazelton was one of 123 people with type 1 diabetes to participate in the MedtronicMiniMed670G patient trial conducted at the International Diabetes Center at Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital, in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. He spoke to DiabeticLifestyle.com to share the amazing changes in his life before and after using this device that will be available in Spring 2017.

Thinking about getting pregnant? Or maybe you're already pregnant and want to learn everything you can about having a healthy pregnancy when you have diabetes. Come learn why blood sugar management is so important at every stage, including preconception, every trimester, during delivery and in the postpartum period.