Apr 23, 2021 | Featured, Pets
What fun to share dear Theresa’s baby chicks!!! We featured her amazing cockapoo, Rocky (https://thesavvydiabetic.com/savvy-pets-2-28-20-meet-rocky-the-snuggling-cockapoo-and-whiskey-knows-her-toys/) just a few months ago. But wait … NOW, you get to...
Apr 21, 2021 | Featured, Technology Updates
Have you ever had pump/pod infusion failures without alerts until you figure it out with rapidly rising BGs????? Do you think there should be a better early warning system? Did you know that the amount of insulin delivered by a pump is a captured dataset? Why...
Apr 19, 2021 | Featured, Research News, Technology Updates
FDA grants breakthrough therapy designation for novel type 1 diabetes pill was reported by Regina Schaffer for Healio.com/endocrinology, 14 April 2021. The FDA granted breakthrough therapy designation for TTP399 as an adjunctive therapy to insulin for the...
Apr 16, 2021 | Featured, Pets
OH MY … please meet Callie, T1D, real estate agent and D advocate who does a lot of volunteer work in the diabetes community … was even a part of Tour de Cure New England (team name: Team DiaBeat-it). And most interesting and fun … Callie lives...
Apr 14, 2021 | Featured, Research News, Technology Updates
The Loop and Learn T1D Speakers series hosted the 3 founders of Digital Diabetes Analytics, all the way from Sweden. It was a very interesting presentation, about their work to develop algorithms for machine learning, based on CGM data, for their current...
Apr 12, 2021 | Featured, Research News, Stories of D Life
Experimental oral pills auto-release insulin when glucose levels are high was reported by Michael Irving for NewAtlas.com/medical, 7 April 2021. Researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi have developed a system that can do just that. The team created what they call...
Apr 5, 2021 | Featured, Research News, Stories of D Life
Here’s an interview by Monica Westley, of TheSugarScience, with Dr. Hans Sollinger, MD, PhD, Founder & Interim CSO of Endsulin. Dr. Sollinger has been a leader in diabetes care for decades and has revolutionized the field twice. Endsulin is...
Mar 31, 2021 | Featured, Research News, Videos
As Dave Walton, CEO of T1D Exchange says, “You can’t manage what you don’t measure.” That’s exactly what T1D Exchange is doing … and you can participate, if you live in the US, through their T1D Exchange Registry The T1D Exchange Registry is striving...
Mar 29, 2021 | Featured, Research News, Technology Updates
Empagliflozin May Allow Patients With Type 1 Diabetes to Forgo Carbohydrate Counting was reported by Jessica Nye for EndocrinologyAdvisor.com.com, 23 March 2021. Incorporation of empagliflozin in a closed-loop, automated insulin pump for patients with type 1 diabetes...
Mar 24, 2021 | Featured, Technology Updates, Videos
This was such an honor for us at Loop and Learn to host Dr. Francine Kaufman, world-renowned pediatric endocrinologist, industry leader, philanthropist! Dr. Kaufman is a currently the Chief Medical Officer for Senseonics, makers of the first and only implantable...
