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Savvy Debate: Is the Diabetes Industry TOO BIG to Allow a Cure?
Here’s the debate: “They’re never going to cure diabetes, because there’s too much money in it.” Diabetes is big business, and as the drugs and medical devices have become more sophisticated and expensive each year – and as more people are diagnosed each day –...![Savvy about Insurance and Medical Political Correctness](https://i0.wp.com/thesavvydiabet.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/surprise-billing-300x154.jpg?resize=345%2C177&ssl=1)
Savvy about Insurance and Medical Political Correctness
Insurance and Political Medical Correctness … lots to debate, hard to unravel. Here’s some reading … New California Law Protects Patients From Surprise Billing, reported on ASweetLife.org, July 2017 by Karin Klein, is all about “surprise...![Savvy Gut, Gluten and Microbiome](https://i0.wp.com/thesavvydiabet.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/mirkin-300x48.png?resize=300%2C48&ssl=1)
Savvy Gut, Gluten and Microbiome
I truly believe that in the next 5-10 years, scientists, biologists and medical professionals will know a lot more truth about the gut biome, gut bacteria in diabetics and gluten and other intolerances. For now, there are lots of articles and most traditional...![Savvy Fun Quiz: The Carb Quiz](https://i0.wp.com/dlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/12_Question_Carb_Quiz_Feature-2.jpg?resize=291%2C186)
Savvy Fun Quiz: The Carb Quiz
DLife.com published a great quiz about carbs to test how much you know about carbohydrates and blood sugar. Takes just a minute, is very informative! The 12-Question Carb Quiz![Diabetes Patient Voices Push the Industry SURVEY](https://i0.wp.com/thesavvydiabet.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/DMine-survey.jpg?resize=202%2C315&ssl=1)
Diabetes Patient Voices Push the Industry SURVEY
From DiabetesMine: As you may know, a core of the DiabetesMine Innovation Project is conducting annual surveys where we ask patients to speak up on what’s working, what’s not and why. And then – the important part! – we package those patient sentiments and feed them...![Savvy Fun Fact: Highest-Paid Biopharma Execs](https://i0.wp.com/thesavvydiabet.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/BioPharma-Exec-300x295.jpg?resize=277%2C272&ssl=1)
Savvy Fun Fact: Highest-Paid Biopharma Execs
I just thought this was interesting. It was published on FiercePharma.com, 11 July 2017. Tracking executive pay follows a familiar pattern: Collect compensation disclosures, read said documents as they pile up, and when the usual suspects have all filed their...![Recipes for the Savvy D](https://i0.wp.com/www.blueberrycouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/handful-of-blueberries-1502.jpg?resize=284%2C161)
Recipes for the Savvy D
Oh yum, here are some really good and interesting foods and recipes! 25 Beautiful Low Carb Blueberry Recipes, from ASweetLife.org … some great ideas. Blueberries are SO very good for you and also very low glycemic index. Here you go … some of the...![Savvy Updates, 7/8/2017: Novo Nordisk RECALL, Nasal Glucagon, ‘Smart’ Insulin Patch, ‘Smartmat’](https://i0.wp.com/thesavvydiabetic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/novo.png?resize=265%2C190&ssl=1)
Savvy Updates, 7/8/2017: Novo Nordisk RECALL, Nasal Glucagon, ‘Smart’ Insulin Patch, ‘Smartmat’
Novo Nordisk recalls faulty cartridge holders in insulin pens was announced 5 July 2017. Novo Nordisk said it was initiating a recall of insulin cartridge holders used in some NovoPen Echo insulin pen devices distributed in the United States because the holders...![Savvy Updates 7/6/17: Vaccine, TetraGenetics, Cure for MS, Tissue-engineered islet transplant, Glucagon-blocker](https://i0.wp.com/www.tetragenetics.com/wp-content/themes/tetragenetics/images/logo.png?w=1080)
Savvy Updates 7/6/17: Vaccine, TetraGenetics, Cure for MS, Tissue-engineered islet transplant, Glucagon-blocker
Lots of research news these days … here are a few exciting ones!