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...
Savvy on Resilience
RE·SIL·IENCE rəˈzilyəns/, noun the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. “the often remarkable resilience of so many British institutions” the ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape; elasticity. “nylon is...
Savvy Off Topic: DNA Cells, About Cures, At-Home BP, HbA1c Facts,
Here are some cool news items … enjoy! Every Cell in Your Body Has the Same DNA. Except It Doesn’, as reported by Carl Zimmer in the Science section of The New York Times, 21 May 2018. Woooo, this is fascinating! Over the course of decades, it has...
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