Jan 30, 2014 | Featured, Technology Updates
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Jan 29, 2014 | Featured, Technology Updates
DiabetesMine.com article, by AmyT on January 29, 2014 This is a big deal, Folks! Asante Solutions, maker of the new Snap insulin pump, just signed an agreement to make its data protocols open and available via the new open-source Tidepool Platform. This means that for...
Jan 28, 2014 | Research News
Date: September 12, 2013 Source: Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center for Environmental Health The DiMelli study examines the different phenotypes of diabetes mellitus in relation to their immunological, metabolic and genetic profiles. Although the...
Jan 26, 2014 | Technology Updates
In a nutshell This review assessed the development and use of an artificial pancreas (a bi-hormonal closed loop system) in the management of type 1 diabetes mellitus. Some background A normally functioning pancreas releases both insulin and the hormone glucagon....
Jan 25, 2014 | Featured, Technology Updates
It’s difficult to make the FDA’s new guidance on blood glucose test strips sound sexy, but I’m going to try. Imagine this situation: you’re sitting in front of a fire with your boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse/lover/partner, relaxing on some soft cushions or maybe a...
Jan 23, 2014 | Research News
Eye on dopamine Dopamine-restoring drugs already used to treat Parkinson’s disease may also be beneficial for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy, a leading cause of blindness in adults, researchers have discovered. The results were published in the Jan. 15...
