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AmyT on
December 11, 2012
Ever look at a diabetes product and wonder what the heck the developers were THINKING? People have to live with this stuff, after all! It’s even more interesting when they occasionally get it right…
Kim Blickenstaff, CEO of Tandem Diabetes Care, was unable to attend our DiabetesMine Innovation Summit event this year, but reached out to me to offer an inside view of how Tandem “got its groove on” to create the t:slim, the first-ever…
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MikeH on
December 10, 2012
We review a good number of books here at the ‘Mine, but it’s not often that I’ve found myself reviewing a book with chapters written by so many people I’m lucky enough to know!
That was what made reading My Sweet Life: Successful Men with Diabetes all the more surprising for me.
Before I opened the pages to start reading, I wasn’t expecting much more than an obligatory book review: a handful of fellow guys…
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AmyT on
December 9, 2012
This could happen to you:
Thanks for this snarky humor go to our regular contributor Jerry King, an accomplished cartoonist who creates more than 200 cartoons each month for websites, magazines, newspapers, greeting cards, etc., worldwide. We {heart} Jerry!
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WilD on
December 8, 2012
Who doesn’t sometimes need help navigating life with diabetes? That’s why we offer Ask D’Mine, our weekly advice column, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator Wil Dubois. This week, he takes a look at the federal government’s involvement in approving test strip prescriptions, and — being an expert continuous glucose monitor user and book author on the topic — Wil gives some advice on what sometimes happens when a GCM transmitter stops working. Go…
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AmyT on
December 7, 2012
Happy Friday! Once again, it’s time for a “life with diabetes” video short from filmmaker Jenny MacKenzie, who created the documentary film Sugar Babies. In this week’s clip, we get a peek inside a family’s experience of taking their adorable little girl with type 1 to preschool for the first time!
But this mom and dad face having to give up the constant supervision of her diabetes, and help the new teacher learn how to…
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