Savvy Updates, 7/5/21: Nano Tech & Microneedle Patches, Walmart’s ReliOn Novolog ($72/bottle!), Bijels, Islet Transplant News, Symlin & Insulin,
Leaving Pumps in the Past: Little Tech with Big News for Treating Diabetes! was reported by Alex Parrott for TheSugarScience.org, 30 April 2021. Insulin pumps have been and still are one of most convenient ways for diabetics to keep their blood sugar...
Savvy Updates, EXTRA, 6/30/21: Dexcom with CTO Jake Leach and ADA 81st Scientific Sessions: Who Should Loop?
Loop and Learn, sponsored by The Savvy Diabetic, hosted a presentation by Jake Leach, EVP and Chief Technology Office for Dexcom just this past Sunday, 6/27/2021. Lots of great information. Jake Leach is responsible for the leadership of scientific...
Savvy Updates, 6/28/21: 100th Anniversary of the Discovery of Insulin, Inhaled Insulin Study, Happiness, T1D and Kidney disease, CHOCOLATE!?,
Top Highlights from the ADA Scientific Sessions 2021 Inhaled insulin shows positive results in people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, according to 2 small studies. The study, with 30 children ages 8-17, showed that serum insulin (the insulin found in the...
Savvy Pets, 6/25/21: Fall in LOVE with Hobie, the best soulmate!
You are going to fall in LOVE with Hobie … I did instantly … how can you resist those beautiful eyes and amazing spirit … and oh yeah, his mommy, Gretchen, too! Gretchen is a T1D and influencer on Instagram and social media … her posts...
Savvy DIY AID Report, #WeAreNotWaiting OPEN Consortium, 19 June 2021
The “OPEN” project brings together an international and intersectoral consortium of patient innovators, clinicians, social scientists, computer scientists, and patient advocacy organizations in order to investigate various aspects of Do-it-Yourself Artificial Pancreas...
Savvy Updates 6/21/21: Diabeloop Self Learning Loop, Treat Pancreatic Islets Cells as Organs, Diamyd Medical GAD-Alum Immunotherapy, FDA Failing, Hospital Markups, Zinc & Blood Pressure, OutSense Toilet Sensing, Hiccups Cure
DBLG1 self-learning algorithm: easy to use for optimized and personalized T1D management was shared by Diabeloop.com, 2 June 2021. From its inception, Diabeloop has been developing innovative solutions to automate and personalize Type 1 diabetes...
Savvy Interviews on Diabetes Connections: Kate Farnworth (Beta Bionics/Looped) and Ben West (T1Pal/Nightscout)
Diabetes Connections is T1D news show by long-time broadcaster, blogger and diabetes mom Stacey Simms, as she interviews prominent advocates, authors and speakers. Stacey Simms created Diabetes Connections in 2015 and she is the author of The World’s Worst...
Savvy Updates, 6/14/21: Beta Cell Implant (NICE), Covid-19 may cause T1D, Poop and Microbiome, T1D and sleep
Implant reverses type 1 diabetes in mice by delivering beta cells was written by Leigh Ann Green for MedicalNewsToday.com, 12 June 2021. Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO, and Cornell University in Ithaca, NY,...
Savvy Podcast, 6/9/21: Elliot Botvinick of iGlobe, the Multianalyte Sensor
Wow, this is exciting! Samueli School biomedical engineering professor Elliot Botvinick and School of Physical Sciences chemistry professor Gregory Weiss have won a three-year, $3.5 million grant from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to further...
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