Savvy Update, 10/28/19: Earring-based Insulin Delivery, Stents & Insulin, Celiac Treatment, Sleep Brain Clean-up & Problem-solving
Earring-based diabetes system selected for Dyson design awards was reported by Benedict Jephcote for Diabetes.co.uk, 22 October 2019. An earring and inhaler form part of a continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and insulin delivery system shortlisted for the prestigious...
Savvy Pets, 10/25/19: Shout Out to Scout About and Murphy
Scout About and Murphy (2 adorable girls) who live Marianne (a T1) and her husband, Tom. Scout About is a black Labrador Retriever and Murphy is a yellow Labrador Retriever … both with boundless energy! Scout About is able to alert when I go low, at night...
Savvy Food and Health, 10/23/19: What to Eat and NOT to Eat, Healthy Diets for Gut Microbiome, SpareEats, Chronic Stress Leaves Genetic Imprint
What to EAT? What NOT to EAT? 3 Foods You Should Throw Away Forever was reported by Tim Rees for Medium/Noteworthy – The Journal Blog, 8 October 2019. A good diet is as much about what you don’t eat as it is about what you do. In the...
Savvy Tuesday Special: Bike Beyond documentary available on YouTube!
Cassidy Robinson sent this to me today … she was one of the 20 riders of Team Bike Beyond, who completed an epic, 10-week adventure, pedaling from New York City to San Francisco. The international team of 20 riders hailed from the US, UK, Australia, Canada, and...
Savvy Updates, 10/21/19: T1s Make MORE Glucagon, Tandem Control-IQ, Microbiome and Personalized Medicine, You’re Only As Old As You Feel, Art from the Dead Sea
Glucagon: People with Type 1 Diabetes Produce MORE of This Hormone that Raises Blood Sugar was described by Ginger Vieira for InsulinNation.com, 18 October 2019. Ginger calls this: “A cruel irony of T1D: We don’t produce insulin and we overproduce glucagon,...
Savvy Pets, 10/18/19: Quincy, the Glucose Retriever
Quincy, the glucose retriever,, lives with his T1 named Katie and her husband Troy … they are very smart people … and Quincy was very smart to choose this wonderful family! This is an amazing story … will bring tears to your eyes while you are...
Savvy Health, 10/16/19: When to Salt Your Greens, Relaxation for Worriers, Triphala, Restaurant T1d Ratings
Of Course You Should Salt Your Salad Greens, But When You Do It Matters was written by Mark Bittman for Medium/Heated, 3 October 2019. Who knew it really mattered when you salt your veggies?! The word salad comes from the Latin word for salt, so it’s no surprise...
Savvy Updates, 10/14/19: Nobel Prize 2019, Diasome, Dogs Boost Survival
Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded for Research on How Cells Manage Oxygen was reported by Gina Kolata and Megan Specia for The New York Times Health Section, 7 October 2019. The prize was awarded to William G. Kaelin Jr., Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L....
Savvy Pets, 10/11/19: Goats are Drawn to Smiling Faces
Goats Can Understand Human Expressions And Are Drawn To Smiling Faces, according to an article by Caitlyn Clancey for Social.Diply.com, 18 September 2019. A new study out of Queen Mary, University of London, has found that goats are able to read human...
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