I’ve been as vocal as anyone complaining about the lack of solid diabetes data reporting in this country, and how that hampers our cause on many levels. Now D-community leader Manny Hernandez and his wonderful crew at the non-profit Diabetes Hands Foundation are taking this problem into their own hands, so to speak. They’ve struck up a partnership to launch a remarkable new reporting application. To explain it all, I’ve asked Manny to join us…
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Post-worthy? Apparently I think so. I just caught this partial quote from American Idol finalist Crystal Bowersox (who’s in the Top 2 now – I wrote about her here), on why people should vote for her:
{excerpted from USAToday’s Idol Chatter Blog}
“I need lots of money to give to charities and to start my foundation for juvenile diabetes. It’s not for research. It’s for taking care of issues now. …
My goal is to…
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You heard of Medingo, right? The Israeli start-up company whose new patch pump technology was recently acquired by Accu-Chek/Roche Diabetes?
Well, there’s another Israeli start-up that’s presumably hoping to beat a similar path. The company is called NiliMedix, based in the country’s Haifa District. They’re developing both “advanced insulin pump technology” — a supposedly smaller, lighter and more sophisticated pump than any on the market today — and also “innovative measures for the most accurate…
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OK, this is a tad embarrassing, but it just goes to show you that technology needs to simplify our lives, or it isn’t much use, is it?
What I’m talking about is the fact that I, aka Mz. Diabetes Technology Proponent, have not been using any of the software available for downloading and analyzing my glucose data on a regular basis — until very recently. On a personal level, I’m actually pretty low-tech for someone…
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OK, I too am suffering from Diabetes Blog Week withdrawal. I find myself still trolling Twitter trying to discover more great posts that I missed. In particular, it seems last Saturday’s planned “wild card” topic — brag about your triumph or commiserate about your D-blooper — got changed at the last minute to a collection of diabetes snapshots. Which I loved. Too bad for me though, because I had a really good blooper to share.
Undoubtedly…
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