Bigfoot Biomedical Snaps Up Asante’s Snap Pump Technology

Bigfoot Biomedical Snaps Up Asante’s Snap Pump Technology

May 31, 2015 | Featured

This is the best Snap news I’ve had in the past two weeks, since Asante Solutions closed their doors.  While this doesn’t solve our short-term problem of choosing a new (and less technologically capable) insulin pump, it does my heart good to know that all...

Research News: Reversing Inflammation Could Cure Diabetes?

May 24, 2015 | Research News

Wow, this is some very exciting news.  Scientists have successfully reversed type 1 diabetes in mice by using adult stem cells and cell surface molecular engineering to reduce the destruction of insulin-producing islet cells. Wow! This article is somewhat technical,...
D Blog Week: WILDCARD – I am The Technology Grim Reaper

D Blog Week: WILDCARD – I am The Technology Grim Reaper

May 17, 2015 | Featured

  After 39 years as a T1 (oooops, started as a patient with diabetes mellitus, then a diabetic, then a juvenile diabetic, then a Type 1 diabetic, then a PWD, then a Type None PWD), in 2004, I finally decided that I was ready to try the insulin pump. For me, it...
D Blog Week: WILDCARD – I am The Technology Grim Reaper

D Blog Week: Change! Putting Your Money Where Your Insulin Is?

May 14, 2015 | Featured

Do you invest in companies that make/sell diabetes-related products or provide diabetes-related services? Yes, yes, I know. Of course, you spend your dollars on insulin, pumps, supplies, medications!  You pay for medical insurance premiums and copays!  You take many...
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