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, 12/11/23: Beta Bionics iLet & Dexcom G7, Medtronic Nixes EOFlow Agreement, Insulin-Secreting Skin Implant, Causes of Type 1 Diabetes, Global D Burden in Older Adults, Diet Sodas & Liver Disease, Cannabis & T1D, Holiday Carb Counts
With Beta Bionics collab, Dexcom lines up G7 sensor’s 2nd insulin pump partner by Andrea Park for FierceBioTech.com, 8 December 2023. Beta Bionics revealed that its technology has been tapped to link with the G7 continuous glucose monitor. The resulting automated...
Savvy Update 11/20/23: Liver-Targetted Insulin/Dr. Jeremy Pettus, Relieving Stress on Beta Cells, UHC Sued re Algorithm to Block Coverage, Dexcom Defeats Abbott in UK, Thanksgiving CARBS
Could Liver-Targeted Insulin Be the Future of Type 1 Diabetes Care? by April Hopcroft for diaTribe.org, 13 November 2023. Dr. Jeremy Pettus, associate professor of medicine at UC San Diego Health who also has type 1 diabetes, is leading research on insulin that...
Savvy Updates, 8/14/23: Medicare Covers Libre 3, Senseonics Seeks iCGM Designation, 5000 Steps are Enough, New Bill to Expand Drug Negotiations Under Medicare, Chinese microbial DPP4, Green Space & Blood Pressure, GLP-1 Agonists & Retinopathy, Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth, Take an Insulin Pump Vacation – Be Prepared
Medicare Covers FreeStyle Libre 3 CGM by Andrew Briskin and April Hopcroft for diaTribe.org, 4 August 2023. Abbott has announced that its latest continuous glucose monitor, the FreeStyle Libre 3, is now covered under Medicare. Following news in April that...
Savvy Updates, 7/24/23: Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency, Dahlias & T1D, Volagidemab (GCGR), Pharma Sues Medicare, CODEX the Gut, Tight Control OK for Retinopathy, Early Risers vs. Night Owls, Overcoming Burnout
New Systematic Review of Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency (EPI) In Type 1 Diabetes and Type 2 Diabetes – Focusing on Prevalence and Treatment by Dana Lewis for DIYPS.org, 13 July 2023. I’m thrilled that the research I did evaluating the...
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