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 5/20/24: Twiist Insulin Pump, FDA Alerts on Chinese Syringe Imports, Playing Sports Lowers Insulin Resistance, Insulin Sensitizers, Dr. Rayhan Lal on Automated Insulin Delivery Systems, ADA Lists Best Hospitals for T1Ds (ONLY 17 in the US!), CGMs & Insulin Pumps for T2D Market, Black Basta Cyberattacks on Healthcare Systems, Prior Auths Need to be Fixed
Meet the newest insulin pump: all about “twiist” with Sequel CEO Alan Lotvin by Stacey Simms for Diabetes-Connections.com, 16 April 2024. This week, the newest pump coming to the market is called the twiist. It’s a very different shape – circular with a top half that...
Savvy Updates, 5/13/2024: Tandem t:slim X2 App Recall, Novo Nordisk Drops Prices on GLP-1s, Xeris & Beta Bionics, Nanotech for Oral Insulin Delivery, Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency & T1D, Know Labs NI CGM & Machine Learning, Ascension Hacked, Stewart Health Files Chapter 11, On the Lighter Side – Parrots Prefer Live Video Calls!
FDA Warns on (Tandem) Insulin Pump Problem by Kristen Monaco for MedPageToday.com, 8 May 2024. Mobile app glitch may cause t:slim X2 insulin pump battery to drain sooner than expected. A mobile app used with an insulin pump that led to 224 injuries was recalled...
Savvy Updates, 5/6/24: Eversense Authorized for Pump Integration, Walmart Health Shuts Down, Lilly Scales Up GLP-1 Production, Novo Prices Drop on GLP-1s, CVS Earnings Slashed, Neotame Sweetener Damages Gut, FTC Polices FDA’s Orange Book “Improper Listings”
Fully-implantable CGM receives FDA authorization for integration with insulin pumps by Jill Rollet for Healio.com/endocrinology, 30 April 2024. The Eversense E3 CGM (Senseonics Holdings and Ascensia Diabetes Care) received authorization to be marketed as an integrated...
Savvy Updates, 4/29/24: Cadisegliatin Regulates BG in Liver, Diabetes Driving Pal App, Female Physicians Result in Better Health Outcomes, UHC Data Breach “Substantial”, Pancreas Anatomy Image, Little Sleep Risky for T1D Teens, Vertex/TreeFrog Collab, Mounjaro/Zepbound Shortages, Ozempic in Denmark, Roasted Green Tea (houjicha)
Introducing Cadisegliatin, a New Drug in the Type 1 Diabetes Pipeline by Ross Wollen for DiabetesDaily.com, 26 April 2024. Cadisegliatin, an investigative therapy currently entering phase 3 trials, could be the next important drug, after insulin, indicated for Type 1...
Savvy Updates, 4/22/24: Statements of Insulin Shortages, FDA Drug Shortages, GLP-1s for T1D, Red Light Therapy Reduces BG, Best Low-Carb Yogurts
JDRF Statement and Update on Insulin Shortage by JDRF.org/press-releases, April 2024. JDRF is aware that, unfortunately, individuals are having trouble filling their prescriptions for 10mL Humalog, 10mL Insulin Lispro, and 10mL Novolog vials. It is unacceptable that...
Savvy Updates, 4/15/24: Lilly’s Humalog Shortage & More, T1D Diabetes Moonshot, The Ozempic Jingle
Lilly's Carelessness in Discontinuing 3 mL vials of Humalog Causes Shortages in 10 mL vials of Humalog + Unbranded Lispro by Scott Strumello for blog.sstrumello.com, 9 April 2024. In mid-March 2024, the JDRF shared news about how Eli Lilly & Company, Inc. was...
Savvy Updates, 4/8/24: Implantable BioArtificial Pancreas, Biolinq NI CGM, Adult-Onset T1D Data, Pig Kidney Transplant Patient Goes Home, Sea Blackthorn Antioxidant, Best Grains for T1D, T1D Rights in the Workplace, Riva Greenberg Flourishing, Mini Dosing with Glucagon/TCOYD
The next-gen implantable bioartificial pancreas by Bernard Banga for Medical-Technology.nridigital.com, 22 September 2023. A team from MIT, in collaboration with researchers from Boston Children’s Hospital, has developed a novel implantable device. The...
Savvy Updates 4/1/24: Pig Kidney Transplanted into Human, Mini Dose with Glucagon, Sleep Apnea & T1D, 15% Medical Claims Denied,AMA Urged by Congress, Why Melted Cheese Tastes GOOD
Surgeons Transplant Pig Kidney Into a Patient, a Medical Milestone by Roni Caryn Rabin for NYTImes.com, 21 March 2024. Surgeons in Boston have transplanted a kidney from a genetically engineered pig into an ailing 62-year-old man, the first procedure of its kind. If...
Savvy Updates, 3/25/24: Humalog Shortage, Glucose Levels Affect Cognition, Once-Weekly Basal Insulin, Time in Tight Range, Cow’s Milk Containing Human Insulin, Time-Restricted Eating & CV Risk, Exercise “Pill”, Metformin & Anti-Hunger Molecule, Clean Your Water Bottle, “Ozempic” Babies
Eli Lilly warns of temporary short supply of two insulin products by Meg Tirrell for CNN.com/health, 22 March 2024. Drugmaker Eli Lilly warned that two of its formulations of insulin would be temporarily out of stock through the beginning of April, citing a “brief...
Savvy Updates, 3/20/24: Tidepool – Sequel Twiist AID System and More from ATTD 2024
FDA Clears Twiist Automated Insulin Delivery System by April Hopcraft for diaTribe.org, 18 March 2024. In the latest victory for type 1 diabetes management, the FDA cleared the Twiist AID system, the first automated insulin pump to precisely measure each dose of...
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