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, 8/12/19: Big Tech and Diabetes, Whole Body Vibration and Microbiome
Why Apple And Google Are Working On Diabetes Tech was posted by CNBC, 31 July 2019. Apple and Alphabet are moving into the health care. Both companies have been rumored to be working on non-invasive ways to check blood glucose levels but never bought anything to...
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. ...
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