DiabetesMine: GREAT interview with Dexcom Leaders
Mike Hoskins shared his interview with Terry Gregg (Chairman) and Kevin Sayer (CEO) of Dexcom on March 5, 2015. Here’s the link to read the whole wonderful and enlightening article:...
Are You Ready for Engineered Insulin?
According to engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology are working on a new type of engineered insulin that can circulate in the bloodstream for at least 10 hours, which responds quickly to changes in blood sugar levels. Patients might not need to monitor...
Harmine can “Regenerate” Pancreatic Cells, Maybe?
OK, I have no way of know if this is real but it is interesting. From EXPRESS, Home of the Daily and Sunday Express Published 3/9/2015 Plant with similar effects to cocaine and LSD could be key to diabetes cure, claim experts (Also appears on www.HealthlineNews.com)...
Afrezza: Seems AMAZING!
I just started to experiment with the newest “insulin”, Afrezza, the inhalable insulin. I’m not great at keeping accurate logs … but I can say that I see that Afrezza brings my blood sugars down faster than Humalog alone … and then it...
Happy #DBlogCheck Day!!!
Today is designated as #dblogcheck day in the Diabetes Online Community. It allows all D-folks to support each other and those who are bloggers. It was started by Christopher Snider who runs the Just Talking podcast and his own blog, A Consequence of Hypoglycemia. ...
From Diatribe: Dexcom News and Pipeline!
1/23/15 , AB/AJW Dexcom announced FDA approval of the new G4 Platinum Share CGM receiver. The new device will be identical to the previous receiver, except that it will include built-in Bluetooth to enable wireless communication with the Dexcom Share app on a nearby...From the DailyMail.com: A Daily Probiotic Pill Could Cure Diabetes
By Lizzie Parry for MailOnline Published: 05:34 EST, 3 February 2015 Both types of diabetes could be CURED by a daily probiotic pill that ‘rewires’ the body, scientists claim Researchers at Cornell University discovered a probiotic, commonly found in the...
50! Today I “CELEBRATE” 50 years with T1d
PART ONE Yes, exactly 50 years! I was diagnosed on Monday, January 25, 1965 at 5:30pm, in Great Neck, NY, sitting in my doctor’s home office, with my mom. I remember it as if it were yesterday. He pulled his chair from behind his desk and held my hand and talked to...
I Have Nightscout … so What’s Nightscout?
Nightscout (CGM in the Cloud) is an open source, DIY project that allows real time access to a Dexcom G4 CGM from web browsers via smartphones, computers, tablets, and the Pebble smartwatch. The goal of the project is to allow remote monitoring of the T1D’s...
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