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Meet Jordan Hicks, major league baseball pitcher with one of the ‘fastest pitches in MLB history’, at 105.1 mph. In addition to kicking off the 2021 season with the St. Louis Cardinals, Jordan is also focusing on becoming an advocate for the diabetes community, since he’s living with type 1 diabetes himself. We are

For close to the past year we have all changed the way we live our lives — staying at home, seeing friends and family members outside from six feet away, and wearing masks whenever we are in public. Living with diabetes also heightens the anxiety around contracting COVID-19 since the virus may make it

Jaime Cline is a Sr. Customer Service Supervisor on our 24-Hour Technical Support Team. She uses her unique perspective as someone living with type 1 diabetes and using the MiniMed 670G system to motivate her work and connect with others who call in for support with their diabetes technologies. James, Jaime’s husband, wanted to

Meet Sam Talbot, celebrity chef, author and entrepreneur. Sam has type 1 diabetes and has made significant contributions as an advocate to the community – through his bestselling cookbooks, as a founding member of Beyond Type 1 and most recently by spearheading our new “Live More. Worry Less.” campaign to raise awareness of diabetes

  This year we launched the Medtronic Diabetes Future Leaders Scholarship and awarded the scholarship to 10 women living with diabetes who are pursuing a STEM major. This scholarship will be awarded in collaboration with Diabetes Scholars, a Beyond Type 1 program aimed at empowering success through education for people living with type 1