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, 5/6/24: 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...
Savvy Updates 3/18/24: News from ATTD 2024, Big Pharma Fights Drug Price Negotiations, More on Healthcare Cyber Attacks, Eye Drops for Diabetic Macular Edema
UPDATES from ATTD (Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes) 2024, held in Florence, Italy, 6-9 March 2024. The world's largest congress dedicated to diabetes technology, which concluded last week with over 5000 attendees both in-person in Florence and...
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...
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