Take 5 Minutes: Bigfoot Biomedical Glucose Correction Survey
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Savvy about Peanut Butter! Plus Vintage Commercials, for fun!
Peanut Butter: pea·nut but·ter;ˈpēnət ˌbədər/ noun: a paste of ground roasted peanuts, usually eaten spread on bread. Known as a staple throughout the world … here are some translations! siagi ya karanga (Swahili) beurre d’arachide (French)...
Breaking News! Medicare Allows Users to Use Smartphones with CGM!
In a landmark policy decision, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has revised its CGM coverage policy to allow Medicare beneficiaries use of smartphone apps along with their covered therapeutic CGMs. Huge kudos to the many orgs such as ADA, AACE,...
Savvy Update 6.9.2018: Adhesives, Closed Loop Systems are Coming, SGLT Inhibitors for T1, Where are the Endos?
7 Adhesives to Keep Your Diabetes Devices Stuck This Summer is a great review of tapes, sticky stuff and other adhesives for diabetes devices by Kerri Sparling on ASweetLife.org, June 2018. Summer is coming, and with the sunshine and hot days come sweat, sand, and...
Savvy Business: AstraZeneca, Medtronic, Insulet
Diabetes is big business! Here’s some of what’s happening around us. AstraZeneca pressures fellow pharmas with vow to reveal doctor payments worldwide, according to Angus Liu on FiercePharma.com, 4 June 2018. Big Pharmas’ payments to doctors...
NEWSFLASH! OmniPod Dash System APPROVED by FDA!
Insulet’s Omnipod® DASH™ Insulin Management System Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance DASH System Features Sleek, Color Touch-Screen Handheld Personal Diabetes Manager, Bluetooth-Enabled, Waterproof1, Tubeless Pump Suite of User-Friendly Mobile Applications No-Cost...
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