Diabetes Community Blog - type 1

Racing is in Charlie Kimball’s blood, he believes. His father was a mechanical engineer, an expert in the technical side of racing car maintenance, and the younger Kimball naturally picked up a similar interest.

You can see them by the side of the road. Lonely little signs, emblazoned with phrases like: “Ca$h 4 Diabetic Test Strips,” or “Test Strips 4 Ca$h,” with a phone number underneath. The signs look fairly non-descript, like innocent, forgettable scams. But at the root of ...