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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
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Savvy at Children with Diabetes Anaheim 2018!
What a remarkable event! This marks the 3rd Children with Diabetes event I have attended and I am continually amazed at the quality of the programs, the friendliness of everyone involved, the meals that specify carb counts and portions, as well as gluten-free...
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Voice Your Opinion! VOTE for Innovative Technologies!!!
VOTE for your FAVORITE or MOST EXCITING INNOVATIONS!!! Finalists Announced for 2018 Diabetes Innovation Challenge Winners of $250,000 in Cash and In-Kind Prizes to be Announced at Live Event in Boston May 21, 2018. BOSTON, April 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)...
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Savvy on Milton Packer: Curing Patients is Bad for Business! and Eye Contact?
Gotta love this guy! Dr. Milton Packer writes a column on MedPageToday ... and he is just a cool clinical investigator and outspoken honest voice about health care issues. He is an internationally recognized clinical investigator who has made many seminal...
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Savvy Eating: Food Tricks, Nuts, Food Lies, What To Eat? and Top Food Tips
Diabetes Food Tricks and What I Really Eat is a great primer on figuring out good stuff to eat, by Adam Brown of diaTribe.org, 27 July 2017. Adam wrote the book, Bright Spots & Landmines: The Diabetes Guide I Wish Someone Had Handed Me, and here is a bit...
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Savvy Updates, 4/27/18: 90-Day Sensor, SGLT-2 Inhibitors, Pancreas Quiz
A 90-Day CGM? FDA Panel Votes in Favor of Senseonics' Eversense, all about the FDA recommendation for the 90-day implantable CGM, was reported by Ben Pallant, Maeve Serino and Adam Brown on diaTribe.com, 12 April, 2018. On March 29, an advisory panel recommended that...
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Savvy Monday Fun: This is What Caffeine Does to Your Brain
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Be a Savvy Insurance Consumer : No Small Voice and The Insurance Survey 2018
Insurance Satisfaction Survey Results Deep Dive: TOP CHALLENGES was published by Brenda Hunter, NoSmallVoice.com, 15 February 2018 ... and the results are NOT surprising! I met Brenda Hunter, Co-Founder of No Small Voice at a diabetes innovation summit ... and was...
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Savvy about the New Complication: Getting Older with Type 1 Diabetes
Just when you thought you knew of all the challenging complications of living with Type 1 diabetes ... aging with Type 1 diabetes. I think I can track back some of these changes to my mid 50's and perimenopause/menopause. Without the hormonal variability,...
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Savvy Food: Healthy Food Swaps, Be a Polite T1 Guest, Foods to Lower Blood Pressure
10 Healthy Foods offers some great tips on substituting one ingredient for a healthier option ... written by Erin Palinski-Wade on OnTrackDiabetes.com. After you see how easy and delicious it is to eat healthier versions of favorite foods you may never go back...
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Want to Donate Your Pancreas? Learn about the Network for Pancreatic Organ Donors with Diabetes (nPOD)
The Network for Pancreatic Organ Donors with Diabetes (nPOD) is a collaborative type 1 diabetes research project funded by JDRF. nPOD supports scientific investigators by providing, without cost, rare and difficult to obtain tissues beneficial to their research. nPOD...