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 3/11/24: Sensulin Smart Insulin, Roche CGM, PBMs Not Compliant, Minutia Cell-based Nanosensors, Change Healthcare Hacked, Patient-centered Diabetes Care,
Sensulin’s Biotech Dream Team Is Bringing the Lowest-Cost Smart Insulin to Market by StartUp Health for HealthTransformer.co, 7 March 2024. Sensulin’s idea to create a “smart insulin” (glucose-responsive insulin or “GRI”) is not new. Three of the company’s co-founders...
Savvy Updates 3/4/24: KnowU NI CGM, Vicentra’s Kaleido (tiny) Insulin Pump, MicroGlucagon, Abbott/Dexcom CGM Patents Battle, Tandem, Insulet, Medtronic Tubeless Pumps, BEWARE Facebook Scam, Life for a Child
Know Labs unveils non-invasive glucose monitor KnowU for GlobalData.com, February 2024. (Check back soon for a review of many of the more likely non-invasive CGMS in development!) Know Labs has announced the launch of KnowU, its latest wearable non-invasive...
Savvy Updates 2/27/24: Medtrum Nano CGM “Not Great”, Autoimmune Diseases Curable?, Sensotrend.com, FDA TAP Program Expanded, Interview with Prof. Lutz Heinemann, Final Week Book Give-Away
Medtrum Nano CGM… A tale of two sensors by Tim Street for Diabettech.com, 20 February 2024. Recently, Medtrum introduced the Nano, which has to vie for the title of “Smallest CGM currently available”. It has a very small form factor. Its first release, earlier in 2023...
Savvy Update 2/19/24: DiaMyd FDA Fast Track for Immunotherapy, Eversense E3 CGM Gets Expanded Medicare Coverage, Few More FREE Give-a-Way Books, Casting Call for Alerting but Untrained Pets
Immunotherapy to treat people with type 1 diabetes genotype granted fast track designation by Jill Rollet for Healio.com/endocrinology, 16 February 2024. The FDA granted fast track designation for an immunotherapy to treat type 1 diabetes among people with the human...
Savvy Updates 2/12/24: Insulet Wins CE Mark for O5 & Abbott Libre, Sinocare iCAN i3 CGM, Sync CGMs w/SmartWatch, Salmon’s New Compounds for Heart Health, D & Aging & Muscle Loss, “How Low is Too Low” Video with TCOYD, A Few More Books Left, Benefits/Risks of Pumps & Closed-Loop Systems, Valentine’s Day Carb List
Insulet wins CE mark for integration of insulin pump with Abbott CGM by Nick Paul Taylor for MedTechDive.com, 8 February 2024. Since the launch of the Omnipod 5 in 2022, Insulet has worked to integrate the pump with devices from Abbott, Dexcom’s main competitor for...
Savvy Update 2/5/24: Lilly, Novo Trillion $ Stocks, Pancreas Can Regenerate, Indigo CGM/CMM, Non-sugar Sweeteners Alter Gut, Medicare Drug Price Negotiations Begin, Think Like a Pancreas Podcast, FREE GIVEAWAY!!!
Lilly, Novo could be first trillion-dollar health stocks: world's largest sovereign wealth fund by Dulan Lokuwithana for SeekAlpha.com, 31 January 2024. Weight loss drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk could be the first healthcare stocks to achieve the $1T mark in...
Savvy HUMOR: Haidee Merritt and the Talking Lancets PLUS a GIVEAWAY!
Laughter therapy research has been ongoing since the late 70s, with researchers studying an effective therapy to use during treatments of various illnesses. But what they didn’t know until relatively recently was precisely how this worked. Now, they understand how it...
Savvy Updates 1/29/24: Modular Medical Submits to FDA, Insulin Nano Carriers, Know Labs at ATTD, Samsung & Non-Invasive CGM, PBMs HUGE Spending Increase, (video) Microbiome & T1D, T1D & Arthritis, Insulin Pumps & Pregnancy
Modular Medical submits next-gen insulin pump for FDA clearance by Sean Whooley for DrugDeliveryBusiness.com, 19 January 2024. Modular Medical announced it submitted its next-generation MODD1 insulin pump to the FDA for 510(k) clearance. San Diego-based Modular...
A Sad Note: Looping Truman, T1D Pup, Crossed Over the Rainbow Bridge
From Shannon (Truman's mom): It is with great sadness that I share that Truman crossed over the rainbow bridge this morning (1/26/24). He became very sick, very quickly. In addition to his diabetes, this 13-year-old boy had a number of other issues, and one of those...
Savvy Outrage: US Drug Prices 800x the Cost from India!!!
This is just outrageous! I just have to share ... and ask for wisdom. I take a medication for inflammatory arthritis ... and I am covered by Medicare. Medicare is prevented from "negotiating" drugs pricing, due the the Kickback laws. If a drug company...
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