Savvy Updates, 8/19/19: The Business of D: Dexcom G7, Novo Investors, Medtronic Infusion Sets, D Non-Profits, A Robotic Tail
What’s Coming from Dexcom in 2020? A Low-Cost, Slimmer, Fully Disposable CGM, reported by Brian Levine and Adam Brown for diaTribe.org, 8 January 2019 … and this is exciting! Dexcom and Verily are launching the G7, a much thinner, less expensive, fully...
Savvy Updates 8/5/19: D Research Centers, Best Hospitals, Natural Disasters, Tattoos, Drug for Medical Burnout
Some interesting southern California diabetes research centers … Diabetes Research Connection is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in San Diego, California. Established in 2012 by five tireless proponents of diabetes research, their mission is to...
Savvy Updates, 7/29/19: Nasal Glucagon, How to Treat Low Blood Sugars, Sunburn, UnderMyFork App, All or Nothing Mentality
FDA OKs First-Ever Nasal Glucagon for Severe Hypos in Diabetes, as reported by Miriam E. Tucker for Medscape.com, 25 July 2019. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first nasally administered glucagon product (Baqsimi, Eli Lilly and Co) for the...
Savvy Updates, 7/22/19: Injecting Insulin into Muscle, Tests for T1 Diabetes, Are Orthopedic Shoes Good for our Feet? T1D and Heart Failure Risk, Dexcom CEO Interview
Injecting Insulin Into Muscle: Good or Bad? was reported by Ginger Vieira for InsulinNation.com, 18 July 2019. Insulin was designed to be injected into body fat (“subcutaneous tissue”) but when injected into muscle, insulin acts much more quickly. ...
Savvy Updates, 7/8/2019: BG Variability, Fear of Hypoglycemia (FoH), T1d and Depression, Gut Biome and Social Stress, Whole Genome Sequencing
Here are a few reports from the ADA 79th Scientific Sessions last month, regarding the impact of daily living for T1 adults: Impact of Mild and Moderate High Blood Glucose Excursions on Daily Living in Adults with Type 1 Diabetes and Glucose Excursions over 140...
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