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WilD on
February 16, 2013
Welcome back to our weekly diabetes advice column, Ask D’Mine — with host veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator Wil Dubois. This week, some of our readers are pondering some specific glucose meter models and the function of control solution, and naturally, Wil has some advice based on his own experience and a keen eye on the meter market through the years…
{Got your own questions? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
Joe, type 2 from…
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WilD on
February 15, 2013
Are you ready for the Readi Pak? No, not the Ready Pac salads. And not Redi-Pak defibrillator electrodes, either. The diabetes Readi Pak is a new “Go-Bag” that features a large main compartment with a removable diabetes accessory case that lives in its own hidden pocket.
This isn’t the latest thing from any of the dozens of existing diabetes case and bag makers. No, this new bag is the brain child of Sanofi, the giant…
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WilD on
February 9, 2013
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, Wil offers a sweet nugget of truth about whether PWDs (people with diabetes) should forgo that so-desired dinnertime dessert when blood sugars are high. You know you’re curious…
{Got your own questions? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
Leslie, type 1 from Colorado, writes: I…
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WilD on
February 7, 2013
News broke the other day that Tandem Diabetes had gobbled up 51 patents belonging to Smiths Medical ASD, the folks who made the Deltec Cozmo pump that’s been off the market for almost four years now. Officials from both companies are tight-lipped on what this means, but it seems to imply that future versions of the slick new Tandem t:slim pump might utilize some legacy Cozmo technology…
Meanwhile, we got word in early January that…
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WilD on
February 2, 2013
Welcome back to our weekly diabetes advice column, Ask D’Mine!
In case you were expecting on this fine Feb. 2 morning to open your browser and see a certain friendly groundhog emerging from a burrow to predict this winter season, no dice. No Punxsutawney Phil here.
Instead, what you get is veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator Wil Dubois, forecasting some real down-to-earth D-advice on out-of-range blood sugars…
With a Happy Groundhog Day to y’all,…
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