Health 2.0

Diabetic + Aesthetic

A final run-through of our 150+ amazing submissions in this year’s DiabetesMine Design Challenge reveals some of the “prettiest” entries — those that obviously come from the world of artful design rather than medical utility. And why shouldn’t more medical devices be more aesthetic?!
 
PicoSulin mini insulin pump
- weighs just 2 oz. and uses and [...]

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June 26th, 2009 | Categories: Diabetes Product Parade, Health 2.0 | Comments: (1)

Grassroots Upheaval: A Declaration of Patients’ Rights to Health Data

A new initiative, launched today at HealthDataRights.org, brings together all manner of patients’ rights activists — doctors, researchers, software developers, writers, entrepreneurs, health economists, and of course, health and medical bloggers — calling for “the right to access all health data about ourselves, so we can make the most effective health decisions using the resources [...]

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June 22nd, 2009 | Categories: Health 2.0 | Comments: (3)

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Our Online Health/Diabetes Toolbox Overfloweth

Time again for an update on some of the myriad new online health tools that may actually add value to a PWD’s life:
Need some help understanding and/or reducing the costs of your diabetes? Try this Diabetes Cost Calculator. It helps you break down what you’re spending on your diabetes now, and even offers tips [...]

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June 22nd, 2009 | Categories: Diabetes Blogs and Web Stuff, Health 2.0 | Comments: (3)

Even More Bright Diabetes Ideas: A Little Help from Your Friends

As you know, I’ve been trolling through the copious creative designs we received in this year’s DiabetesMine Design Challenge, and today I’d like to take a moment to highlight those focusing on mentoring or community-based games to teach people about improving their diabetes management.
This issue is near and dear to my heart, ’cause that’s what [...]

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June 17th, 2009 | Categories: Fun Stuff, Health 2.0, Products | Comments: (3)

More *Really Creative* Diabetes Dream Designs

More contest entries worth featuring… these ideas stood out as incredibly creative. So creative, in fact, that the judges struggled with rating them, either due to uncertainty whether they’d be implementable any time in the foreseeable future, or the fact that the target audience may be a small slice of the D-world. Still, as we [...]

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June 3rd, 2009 | Categories: CGM Adventures (Continuous Glucose Monitoring), Diabetes Product Parade, Health 2.0, Products | Comments: (6)


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