My 9-year old asks the best questions. A few mornings ago, staring at the OmniPod on my shoulder, she hit me with this one:
“Mom, does it hurt more when it pulls out or when it gets pushed in?”
“Um… neither hurts that much, really. OK — so when you pull it out, that’s just a second, but when it’s getting pushed into my skin, that kind of aches.” (I didn’t mention the most common…
Medgadget.com is essentially the “Engadget of the medical world,” if that tells you anything. The site bills itself as the “internet journal of emerging medical technologies.” Four of its six editors are practicing MDs. I’ve been privileged to know executive editor Michael Ostrovsky for several years. He’s a busy anesthesiologist with two small children who still manages to do all that daily work on the Medgadget site.
He’s been a big supporter of the DiabetesMine Design Challenge…
A few weeks ago, our community was shocked to learn that one of the most respected D-bloggers, Scott Johnson, was let go from his company. Although losing a job for anyone in this economy is a hard blow, it is especially worrisome for those of us with a serious, chronic medical condition like diabetes — which requires expensive constant monitoring, daily medications and regular visits with the doctor.
So how are Scott and others effected…
Welcome Guests! Thanks for joining me on this fine day for the Grand Rounds host Birthday Edition, Vol. 5, No. 31 — where the best of this week’s medical and health blogging comes to party.
And now straight to the festivities, where you’ll find some delightful surprises in store:
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Birthday cake, anyone? Alison Finney, a fellow diabetic and author of Shoot Up or Put Up, shares my April 21 birthday! (also with…
Welcome to the fourth in our series of interviews with the judges of this year’s DiabetesMine Design Challenge (with a $10,000 prize; submissions accepted until May 1, 2009).
You may not know his name off-hand, but Robert Oringer is a highly influential entrepreneur and angel investor in the diabetes industry. He pioneered private-label diabetes products such as lancets and glucose tablets long before these things were available off-the-shelf in every local drugstore. Robert also has…