FDA Advisory Meeting on CGM: Votes in Favor of Expanding CGM Use!
FDA’s Advisory Committee meeting just voted to recommend approval of the expansion of the Dexcom G5 CGM label. Thank you DPAC (Diabetes Patient Advocacy Coalition)! The results are in and the FDA panel has voted the following for the labeling change of...
ADA 2016 Scientific Sessions ~ Artificial Pancreas, Finding a Cure, Better Cannulas
From the American Diabetes Association 2016 Scientific Sessions, held in New Orleans, June 2016. Artificial Pancreas: Several new products in development show tremendous improvements in glycemic control and reductions in hypoglycemia … and they are not far off now....
An Interesting Exchange about Diabetes Alert Dogs
I subscribe to www.insulinpumpers.org … a wide-ranging but well-managed forum about living with mostly T1 diabetes. I can post a question or a comment … responses come back pretty fast. Today, I read a series of interesting posts about Diabetes Alert Dogs...Video: T1 Diabetes in 2016 ~ hilarious skit!
Starring Dr. Steve Edelman, Jeremy Pettus, Dr. Bill Polonsky and Kelly Close … ENJOY!
Smart Insulin Update: Is It Really Smart Yet?
Here’s a great review article from the JDRF-Helmsley Charitable Trust Glucose Responsive Insulin (GRI) workshop last month, as reported by Emily Regier, Alexander Wolf and Kelly Close in diaTribe.org, 5/20/2016. The theory behind “Smart Insulin”: a...
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