Savvy Closed Loop Update, January 2017
FROM Diatribe.org, 12/14/2016 : When JDRF started the Artificial Pancreas Project in 2006, the idea of automating insulin delivery using a standard insulin pump, a CGM, and a control algorithm seemed crazy to many patients. Even back in the early 2000s, researchers...
SAVVY UPDATES 1/10/2017: Fun Tidbits
A WOMAN with TYPE1 is the Next UK Prime Minister! Thanks to InsulinNation, Theresa May became prime minister of the United Kingdom in July 2016! May was diagnosed with T1 in November 2012 at age 56, and uses daily insulin injections. Read more: Will a Woman with Type...
Savvy NEW Apps
I recently attended the DiabetesMine D-Data Exchange and Innovation Summit at UCSF. Several app developers displayed their new products … just so you know what’s out there. Sugar.IQ (a collaboration between Medtronic and IBM Watson) uses Medtronic...
SAVVY UPDATES 12.14.16: Islet Transplant Benefits, T1 and Arsenic, Nanoparticles ,Platypus Venom
This is an “OUT THERE” blog of some of the more fascinating research. Enjoy! Long-term Improvement in Glucose Control and Counterregulation in T1 by Islet Transplantation was reported in the August issue of The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology &...
Savvy Year End Appreciations PLUS a HOLIDAY OFFER!
During the holidays and at year’s end, we often review the past year, recalling the high points, giving thanks for surviving the low points, and giving appreciation to those in our lives who have been there for us, providing joy and love to us. Last year, I designed...
