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An Interesting Exchange about Diabetes Alert Dogs
I subscribe to www.insulinpumpers.org … a wide-ranging but well-managed forum about living with mostly T1 diabetes. I can post a question or a comment … responses come back pretty fast. Today, I read a series of interesting posts about Diabetes Alert Dogs...Video: T1 Diabetes in 2016 ~ hilarious skit!
Starring Dr. Steve Edelman, Jeremy Pettus, Dr. Bill Polonsky and Kelly Close … ENJOY!![Smart Insulin Update: Is It Really Smart Yet?](https://i0.wp.com/thesavvydiabet.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/smart-insulin.jpg?resize=250%2C226&ssl=1)
Smart Insulin Update: Is It Really Smart Yet?
Here’s a great review article from the JDRF-Helmsley Charitable Trust Glucose Responsive Insulin (GRI) workshop last month, as reported by Emily Regier, Alexander Wolf and Kelly Close in diaTribe.org, 5/20/2016. The theory behind “Smart Insulin”: a...NEWS FLASH: Medicare Told to Cover CGMs
Medicare doesn’t typically provide coverage for continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), as insurors who oversee Medicare coverage have long argued that CGMs are a “precautionary” device rather than a “medically necessary” one. Now, that argument’s premise is facing...![Savvy Updates: 5/30/2016: T1 and Bacteria, 90-day CGM, Lab Beta Cells, & MORE](https://i0.wp.com/thesavvydiabet.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/C2-10-Senseonic-Sensor_large_300dpi-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1)
Savvy Updates: 5/30/2016: T1 and Bacteria, 90-day CGM, Lab Beta Cells, & MORE
Type 1 Diabetes May Be Triggered by Bacteria Reported by Honor Whiteman, MedicalNewsToday.com, 5/17/2016 A study by researchers from Cardiff University in the UK suggests that a part of a bacterium that activates killer T cells may cause them to bind to beta cells and...![Just Sayin’](https://i0.wp.com/thesavvydiabet.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Camp-NYDA-post-300x224.jpeg?resize=519%2C387&ssl=1)
Just Sayin’
This was posted from Camp NYDA (a camp for kids with diabetes way back when I was a teenager in NY, run by the American Diabetes Association of NY. What do you think? I like it!![Diabetes Blog Week (My Tip): SMILE~ LAUGH~ GIGGLE](https://i0.wp.com/farm2.staticflickr.com/1718/25943840033_ee6b1ba12a_o.gif?w=1080&ssl=1)
Diabetes Blog Week (My Tip): SMILE~ LAUGH~ GIGGLE
The topic is Tips and Tricks, everything from how I organize for travel to how I keep track of medications to what I do that is “unconventional.” I SMILE. A lot. And often. As often as possible, I LAUGH or GIGGLE. This is NOT a cop-out. I really SMILE or LAUGH or...![Diabetes Blog Week: My Healthcare FANTASY Wish List](https://i0.wp.com/farm2.staticflickr.com/1667/25943987673_4eb9c06c54_o.gif?resize=231%2C231&ssl=1)
Diabetes Blog Week: My Healthcare FANTASY Wish List
This topic is just so HUGE and so charged with emotion and frustration. Of course, if I could wave my magic wand, I’d say: Make all my medical problems (including needing to wear eyeglasses) away so that I never need doctors, hospitals, insurance or drugs. There, I...![DBlogWeek: PwD or Diabetic … OR T1Diabetic?](https://i0.wp.com/farm2.staticflickr.com/1667/25943987673_4eb9c06c54_o.gif?w=1080&ssl=1)