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
HOT TOPICS: Why is Insulin SO EXPENSIVE, How to Save on Diabetes Care and Tech Update for 2017
Type 1's run on insulin. We need it to live, every moment of every day, without lapse. And we are all acutely aware of the skyrocketing prices for all insulins ... and there are NO generic options available. We have NO CHOICE! The chart below shows the % rise in...
InsulinNation: Sh*t People Say to People with Diabetes
This is a great, short video ... "Hey, are you allowed to smile with diabetes???" Thanks Craig Idlebrook, InsulinNation https://youtu.be/5AfjQBHpu-Q
T1D Exchange and their First Annual Diabetes Innovation Challenge
This is exciting! T1D Exchange and M2D2, a joint venture of the University of Massachusetts Lowell and Worcester campuses that incubates medical device start-ups, have announced the first annual Diabetes Innovation Challenge (2016)....
Clinical Trial OPEN: Liver-Targeted Insulin More Effective than Insulin?
Trial name: Study of HDV Insulin Versus Insulin in Type 1 Diabetes Subjects Diabetes type: Type 1 diabetes What the trial is testing: This six-month study will test the safety and efficacy of HDV insulin, a new technology that directs meal-time rapid-acting insulin...
AFREZZA is BACK!
Afrezza is BACK! After Sanofi terminated its marketing partnership with MannKind, MannKind has relaunched its fast-acting inhalable insulin, Afrezza, as reported in DiaTribe.org on 30 August, 2016. I, for one, couldn’t be happier and more relieved. ...
SPOTLIGHT: On The Bonnie Sher Show!
A STAR is BORN! Yup, little 'ol me! Mr. deMille, I'm ready for my close-up!!! OK, enough! I was honored to be asked to be a T1d Co-Host on The Bonnie Sher Show, broadcast on UBN internet radio/tv, on Thursday, 15 September 2016. Bonnie is a long-time T1 as well...
WAY OUT THERE: Non-Scientists Try to Break Up Monopoly on Insulin
OK, ... this is WAY OUT THERE ... or is it? (this is not a recommendation or endorsement) Listen to this podcast from The Pulse, reporting on an Oakland, CA grassroots community lab for biohacking and citizen science. According to their website,...
Savvy Updates: 9/18/2016: Pilots Fit to Fly with Diabetes, Need More T Cells to Stop Type 1 Diabetes, Glooko and Diasend Merge, Medical-grade Wearables White Paper
Commercial airline pilots flying with insulin-controlled diabetes had no incidents of medical incapacitation in more than 18 months of study, researchers reported by the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, 12 September 2016 via MedPageToday.com. The study...
I’m Heading to Hollywood for T1! Tune In and Call in THURSDAY, 9/15!!!
That's right! I'm on my way to Hollywood! OK, well, kinda! But I'm excited! I've been invited to be a T1 Co-Host on The Bonnie Sher Show in Channel 2 of the Universal Broadcast Network (UBN). WHEN: Thursday, September 15, 2016, 2pm -3pm PST. WHERE:...
Savvy Updates: 8/30/2016: Which Came First? Antibiotics OR Bacterium?
Antibiotics Linked to T1D in Mice, according to a study at NYU Langone Medical Center, reported in Nature Microbiology, August 22, 2016 and published in MedPageToday, Endocrinology, August 24, 2016. The study results center on the microbiome, the bacterial species in...
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