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
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
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
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
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’
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
Lots of research news these days … here are a few exciting ones!
SAVVY Happy 4th of July!
Just some patriotic D words! RED READY for THE CURE! reaction research regular insulin rapid acting insulin retina rebound hyperglycemia renal threshold WHITE...
Alert Dogs … How Do They Do That?!
Diabetes alert dogs are amazing! And very accurate! I was stunned when I attended an AADE conference and was watching the former Miss America, Nicole Johnson, signing her book for attendees, with her alert dog, Lucy at her side. Lucy is a golden doodle dog, absolutely...
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