Nov 11, 2019 | Featured, Research News, Technology Updates
High-Tech Pacifier Might Monitor Baby’s Blood Sugar was reported by Serena Gordon for HealthDay.com, 1 November 2019. Quite honestly, I’d be up for sucking on a pacifier for my blood sugar readings! Would you? While baby sucks on this...
Oct 28, 2019 | Featured, Research News, Technology Updates
Earring-based diabetes system selected for Dyson design awards was reported by Benedict Jephcote for Diabetes.co.uk, 22 October 2019. An earring and inhaler form part of a continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and insulin delivery system shortlisted for the prestigious...
Oct 21, 2019 | A Little Humor, Featured, Research News, Technology Updates
Glucagon: People with Type 1 Diabetes Produce MORE of This Hormone that Raises Blood Sugar was described by Ginger Vieira for InsulinNation.com, 18 October 2019. Ginger calls this: “A cruel irony of T1D: We don’t produce insulin and we overproduce glucagon,...
Oct 16, 2019 | Eating, Featured, Foods, Research News, Stories of D Life
Of Course You Should Salt Your Salad Greens, But When You Do It Matters was written by Mark Bittman for Medium/Heated, 3 October 2019. Who knew it really mattered when you salt your veggies?! The word salad comes from the Latin word for salt, so it’s no surprise...
Oct 14, 2019 | Featured, Research News, Technology Updates
Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded for Research on How Cells Manage Oxygen was reported by Gina Kolata and Megan Specia for The New York Times Health Section, 7 October 2019. The prize was awarded to William G. Kaelin Jr., Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L....
Oct 7, 2019 | Featured, Research News, Technology Updates
Israeli scientists: Cure for insulin-dependent diabetics within five years was published by Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman for The Jerusalem Post, 3 October 2019. Jerusalem-based Betalin Therapeutics has developed the first bio-artificial pancreas, composed of pig’s lung tissue...