I have Type 1 diabetes. I love to write. I’m happy when I am helping others. I speak up when it’s important. I have a passion for sharing knowledge and learning new technology. I was BORN to BLOG!
I’ve met so many other T1Ds on this journey who are cool and love to help others. We put our heads and hearts together … to bring more resources and knowledge to our amazing diabetes community. We’re making improvements every day … come back often, let us know what you think. And my gratitude for my amazing webmaster, Dave (an honorary T1D)!
And thank you for stopping by!
— Joanne Laufer Milo, The Savvy Diabetic
Savvy Updates 8/30/21: Compatible Pig Organs, Sense of Touch Restored, Tubeless Pump = good results, Living Drug Factories for Cells
Scientists discover way to make pig organs compatible to humans was reported by Abigail Klein Leichman for Israel21c.org, 23 August 2021. Surgeons would be able to order hybrid organs – a pig organ with a human lining of blood vessels - that could help solve the...
Savvy Extra Updates 8/25/21: Tummy News (including sugar and microbiome), Intuitive Eating and Type-1 University
So much research on the gut ... lots to learn and some can be a bit technical. So let's dive in: This Is Your Gut on Sugar was written by Markham Heid for Elemental.medium.com/Nuance, 19 August 2021. Researchers are finally uncovering the exact ways that...
Savvy Updates 8/23/21: Beta Cells START Immune Attack, Immune System Proteins, GastroP & Closed Loops, Kidney Disease Proteins, ‘Apricot’ Undersea Cable Project
In Autoimmune Disease, Organs May Lure the Immune System into an Attack was reported by Stephani Sutherland for ScientificAmerican.com, September 2021. New evidence indicates that target cells may play a role in their own destruction. Over the course of several...
Savvy Updates, 8/16/21: GWave Non-Invasive CGM, Pancreatic Beta Cell Boost, Kidney Disease “Treasury Map”
Diabetes startup brews up $11M after 'serendipitous spill' led to creation of new CGM tech was reported by Andrea Park for FierceBioTech.com, 12 August 2021. Israeli startup Hagar, with its GWave technology that measures blood sugar levels using noninvasive radio...
Savvy EXTRA 8/13/21: Gail Devore with President Biden – INSULIN is NOT OPTIONAL
Please meet Gail Devore, T1D and amazing advocate and member of the #WeAreNotWaiting community. She's vocal, passionate, articulate, kind, fun, musical ... just a wonderful part of humanity! She made it happen! A sit-down and broadcast meeting with...
Savvy Healthcare Industry Troubles 8/11/21: Why we are anger and have lost trust
A Gallup Global Emotions Report, conducted in 2019, stated that "The World is angry and stressed." And that was before Covid-19 and political and racial upheavals, angst about vaccinations and now, virus variants, school closed or open, masks or no masks.. I...
Savvy Updates, 8/9/21: >60 new BG monitoring tools in development, T1D and infections
Noninvasive glucose monitoring may change future of diabetes management was reported by Michael Monostra for Healio.com/endocrinology, 3 August 2021. More than 60 noninvasive and minimally invasive bloodless glucose monitoring products are available or in...
Savvy Concerns, 8/4/21: Remission or Cure with The Sugar Science, Plant-based Cheese, Abbott $160M in Fines for Kickbacks, 4% DNA Difference from Chimps
Join The Sugar Science as they present the State of The Science: Prevention of T1D, Remission or Cure? A Conversation, 5 August 2021, 8am - 9am PDT. Register Here The State of The Science is an interactive conversation with room for granular and...
Savvy Updates, 8/2/21: Biohacking Insulin, Interchangeable Biosimilar Insulin, Insulin-Producing Implant, T1D Future of Health Summit by Milken Institute,
Biohackers Are Working to Make Insulin 98% Cheaper as reported by Eric James Beyer for InterestingEngineering.com, 26 July 2021. Anthony di Franco, founder of the Open Insulin Foundation, an organization dedicated to providing an open-source, affordable...
Savvy and Prepared T1D, 7/30/21: How to Set up Your Personal Medical Resume & Go Bag
Prepared [ pri-paird` ] adj. Properly expectant, organized, or equipped; ready. As in: “prepared for a hurricane” Done, made, written, etc., in advance Made earlier, previously, ahead of when needed syn: ready, set, organized, arranged You’ve come to the right...
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