Savvy Updates, 4/1/19: Beta Cell Destruction, Patch Pumps (EoPancreas & CellNovo), Integrated Medical Sensors, Insulin Dosing and AI, Hospital-based AP
Researchers May Have Uncovered Stages of Beta Cell Destruction in Type 1 Diabetes, as reported by Trisha Gura of GLU/T1D Exchange, 26 February 2019. Researchers once believed that the onset of type 1 diabetes led to the complete destruction of insulin-producing...
Diabetes Beta Cell Plush Toy! Free to the Best Comment!
Amazing product, complete with an insulin molecule inside!!! I LOVE this!!! This is the PERFECT gift for YOU and ALL of your friends with diabetes … children and adults … and even your endocrinologist!!! Made by GIANTmicrobes, this is a...
Savvy Reviews: Cody and His Type 1 Diabetes AND Thrive Glucose Revival
It’s my total honor to bring you 2 great diabetes finds!!! Cody and His Type 1 Diabetes is the most charming little story about Cody (a shih-tzu maltese mixed doggie) who gets diabetes. It’s short, filled with adorable photographs …...
Savvy Eating, 3/20/19: Mushrooms, Skinny Noodles, High Carb Diet=Impossible Mission
Are Mushrooms Really a Miracle Food? was reported by Markham Heid for Medium | Health, 13 March 2019. The mushroom business is booming. Worldwide production is up 30-fold since the late 1970s, and the average person now eats about 11 pounds of mushrooms per...
Savvy Updates 3/18/19: 3D Printed Pancreas, Exercise & Glucose Tolerance, All of Us, Hearing
3D Bio-Printed Bionic Pancreas was discussed by Marin Hensel of InsulinNation.com, 12 March 2019 … so interesting! According to Michał Wszoła MD, PhD about the 3D Bio-Printed Bionic Pancreas work being done with his team and Bionic Consortium in Poland, the goal...
Savvy Sleep: It’s Vital!
After having a recent sleep study in which I was diagnosed as having sleep apnea (I stop breathing and my brain oxygen drops) and RSL (kicking many times/hour), I decided to ask a bit about sleep and Type 1 diabetes. When I ask T1 friends if they are tired, they...
Savvy Updates 3/11/19: FDA Shake Up, Senseonics New CMO, Lilly and Cannabis, Gut Microbes
FDA chief Scott Gottlieb steps down, leaving pet projects behind, (by Eric Sagonowsky on FiercePharma.com, 5 March 2019) is the big shake-up that will iimpact our T1 community. Gottlieb was biopharma-friendly—to the point where the Nasdaq biotech index plummeted...
Savvy Living, 3/8/19: Meditation and Becoming Buddha, Dalai Lama’s Antidote to Destructive Emotions
Becoming Buddha, The One Most Remarkable Trait Of Long-Term Meditators’ Brain, was written by Laura Vismara for Medium | Change Your Mind, Change Your Life, 5 February 2019. Experienced and high-level meditators share some common traits. They are generally more...
