Mar 9, 2016 | Research News
This is an exciting bit of news from the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, as reported in Gizmag magazine, 22 February 2016. At the bottom is the link to the original research article published in Cell Stem Cell. Patients with Type 1 diabetes suffer from an absence of...
Mar 2, 2016 | Featured, Research News, Technology Updates
DiabetesMine is developing a new tool to help the diabetes patient community provide feedback on the tools and services available to us now. The idea is to allow the community to rate everything – from BG measuring devices to apps to nutrition and coaching programs –...
Feb 29, 2016 | Readers Comments
Thank you, Barb, for sharing your story. It so touched me at so many levels. Your journey amidst your old diabetes log books did not “spark joy” for me either. Indeed, it sparked a sense of sadness for all your very hard work, for the memory of logging...
Feb 8, 2016 | Technology Updates
A true artificial pancreas (AP) is a closed-loop insulin pump and continuous glucose monitoring system. And the buzz is that “we are very close!” Here’s a great update by Melissa Lee, blogger of ASweetLife.org on the race toward an AP. She discusses the major pump...
Feb 7, 2016 | A Little Humor, Featured
Thanks to Melissa Lee (blogger of ASweetLife.org, recent interim CEO of DiabetesHands Foundation and currently social media and marketing coordinator at Bigfoot Biomedical Technologies) for this very hilarious Diabetes Sniglets! In the 1980’s, Sniglets were a series...
Feb 1, 2016 | Featured, Technology Updates
Last June, I reported that Glooko announced its partnership with Dexcom and Insulet, in an effort to unify all diabetes relevant device data into a single, platform which allows both patients and healthcare providers to review and improve health outcomes. Well, as of...
Jan 31, 2016 | Featured, Research News
Finerenone, undergoing 2 clinical trials for safety and efficacy, is a new medication developed by Bayer that may help reduce markets of kidney malfunction called “proteinuria” (the presence of abnormal quantities of protein in the urine). Read more on DiaTribe.org:...
