Brittany Bruggeman, MD

I’m here in DC with the American Diabetes Assn.

People with diabetes deserve lifesaving healthcare & insulin, nutritious food, & cutting edge research.

Let’s tell Congress it’s time to make diabetes a priority at lnkd.in/eXCnkv5N. We need your stories. #ADACall2Congress #WeFight

Thank you for sharing your story- there are way too many people in one of the wealthiest countries in the world who can’t access essential tools for their health. I’m so glad you were finally able to get what you needed on Medicare!! You are so right that everyone with T1D deserves access.

It’s good to be back on my favorite metro! On the way to an American Diabetes Association Roundtable Discussion- Diabetes Technology & Treatment: Looking to the Future.

Excited to brainstorm how we can make #diabetes technology use more equitable & available.

Frontiers | Serum exocrine pancreas enzymes are biomarkers of immunotherapy response in new-onset type 1 diabetes IntroductionThe immune-mediated destruction of insulin-producing β-cells characterizes type 1 diabetes. Nevertheless, exocrine pancreatic enzymes, including ...

📢 Hot off the press- the exocrine pancreas enzymes lipase & trypsin are potential biomarkers of response to immunotherapy in new-onset #T1D.

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Medicaid pays for half of births in the US. It’s the single largest insurer for kids. In some states >70% of Medicaid enrollees are children.

When Medicaid is attacked, the losers are children.

November is 🌎 #Diabetes Month- check out my video series with Contemporary Pediatrics highlighting #T1D screening, diabetes tech inequities, & how #glucagon is the Epipen of diabetes: www.contemporarypediatrics.com/video-series...