Savvy News 2/25/19: Lawsuit against Insulin Makers, Tandem X2
It’s about time! Lawsuit Against Insulin Companies Can Move Forward…..Tick Tick Tick was posted by Tom Karlya, DiabetesDad.org on 15 February 2019. Below is the press release from Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP. They are a consumer-rights...
Savvy Friday 2/22/19: SLEEP and Houseplants and Meditation
The Real Problem with America’s Sleep Problem … yes, for us T1s, we KNOW the importance of sleep … was authored by Robert Roy Britt for Medium|Luminate, 11 January 2019. The saddest day of my life was when I left preschool and naps were no...
Savvy Eating 2/20/19: Fiber, Water, Processed Meats (BAD!), Yak Milk, Coffee w/out Coffee Beans
What Your Microbiome Really Needs Is Fiber, Not Kombucha according to Katherine Harmon Courage, a science writer, for Health/Medium, 4 February 2019. In recent years, we’ve begun to learn that most everything we eat — from probiotic yogurt to a serving of asparagus to...
Savvy Update, 2/18/19: FDA Approves X2, Trial for New Insulin, CGM Accuracy, CGM for all by 2025, Smart Insulin Pen, Research Studies to Watch 2019
FDA authorizes first interoperable insulin pump intended to allow patients to customize treatment through their individual diabetes management devices, as announced on the FDA website, 14 February 2019 (happy Valentine’s!). The U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
Savvy Updates, 2/11/19: Insulin Pill, Replicating Insulin Cells, Post-prandial spikes, Faustman and BCG Vaccine
Pea-sized pill delivers insulin shot from inside the stomach was announced by a Massachusetts Institute of Technology-led research team on 2/7/2019 and reported by Lauran Neergaard on APNews.com as well as Gina Kolata in the Health Section of The New York Times. ...
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