Feb 21, 2022 | Featured, Research News, Technology Updates
Let’s look at DIABETES DEVICES! FDA clears first smartphone app for insulin delivery: Tandem as reported by Nicole Wetsman, for TheVerge.com, 17 February 2022. t:slim X2 insulin pump users can use the app to program doses rather than the pump itself! The...
Feb 14, 2022 | Featured, Research News, Technology Updates
An AMAZING way to celebrate Valentine’s Day … and support a child with T1D! For a most impactful gift, you can make a beautiful and immeasurably powerful statement by support the Spare a Rose campaign. Spare a Rose is about making a small donation to...
Feb 11, 2022 | Eating, Featured, Foods
How Much Sugar Is in a Glass of Wine? was written by Sophie Egan for TheNewYorkTimes.com, 26 May 2017 … still valid today, 4 years later. To find out how much sugar might have been added to a given wine, your best bet may be to contact the producer...
Feb 9, 2022 | Featured, LOOPing, Research News, Videos
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC! And this may dramatically change how you look at your insulin sensitivity factor … and how you manage the variability in your blood sugars. We’ve been doing it wrong. Doctors and researchers have known that ISF...
Feb 7, 2022 | Featured, Research News, Technology Updates, Videos
Novo Nordisk challenges House report it collaborated with competitors on insulin prices was written by Jonathan Block for SeekingAlpha.com, 2 February 2022. Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Joergensen struck back at a House Oversight Committee report issued in...
Feb 3, 2022 | Featured, LOOPing, Technology Updates, Videos
You might know that I’ve been involved in the DIY looping community for quite a while … and always looking forward to better and easier technology in the mainstream. As I posted this week, Omnipod 5, the first tubeless automated insulin delivery...
Jan 31, 2022 | Featured, Research News, Technology Updates
Omnipod 5: Automated Insulin Delivery System, First Tubeless System with Smartphone Control APPROVED by the US FDA, as announced by Insulet.com, 28 January 2022. On January 28, 2022, Insulet announced the FDA clearance of the Omnipod 5 Automated Insulin...
Jan 28, 2022 | Eating, Featured, Foods, Podcasts, Videos
The science of sugar: why we’re hardwired to love it was written by Daniel Marino and Gemma Ware for TheConversation.com, 20 January 2022. What are the evolutionary origins of sugar cravings? What makes something taste sweet? And what does too much...
Jan 26, 2022 | Featured, Technology Updates, Videos
Loop and Learn started off our 2022 T1D Speaker Series with a great chat with Erik Huneker, CEO and Co-Founder of Diabeloop, Sunday, 16 January 2022. If you haven’t heard about Diabeloop yet, here’s the scoop. It is currently approved in the EU...
Jan 24, 2022 | Featured, Research News, Technology Updates, Videos
Dexcom CEO on G7’s global launch, COVID-19 slowing new patient adds, international growth was reported by Ricky Zipp for MedTechDive.com, 18 January 2022. After proving fairly resilient throughout the last two years, even as other medtechs were...
