Taming our diabetes monsters may seem like only a metaphor for what we try to do every day, but now there’s a fun new app for that.
Just launched in the U.S. for the first time on June 4, the MySugr Companion app was created a few years ago by a team of fellow PWDs (and some non-PWDs) over in Austria. A key to what makes this new app unique is that it lets us…
Times keep a’changin’ in how the diabetes industry interacts with patients.
Remember how it used to be, many years ago? When these companies making diabetes devices and medicines didn’t take our views into consideration in making decisions?
Then came the first-ever Diabetes Social Media Summit, in which Roche hosted a bunch of bloggers and online advocates back in 2009.
Now, after four consecutive patient Summits, with other pharma giants such as Medtronic and Lilly following suit, Roche…
I rode in my first-ever Tour de Cure this past weekend.
Our local Indiana Tour de Cure on Saturday morning took place on and around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Central Indiana, and I was proud to be there as a Red Rider on my inaugural ride.
This was only the second ride ever here in Indy, with more than 1,400 people participating from 25 states. It’s now the 11th largest Tour de Cure out of…
Quick, look at your wrist.
Is there a medical alert bracelet there? If not, do you wear one when you travel? Ever wear one, fellow PWDs (people with diabetes)? Or maybe not a bracelet but a dog tag or other kind of alert?
If you’re anything like I’ve been for most of my three decades with diabetes, the answers to those questions is a resounding “No.”
Here’s a news flash from my end of the…
All of us in the Diabetes Community often wonder: What might the future of insulin look like, and how far out is the exciting new stuff we’re hearing about?
Well, we have a snapshot of some of the latest developments, but keep in mind that answers to the really key questions that resonate through all of this are elusive; no one really knows, but they sure like to guess.
A small biotech firm in Indiana…
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