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Small But Mighty: Creating Targeted Tattoos for Injection Sites

AllisonN — Wed, 01 May 2013 11:00:59 +0000

We talked recently about how diabetes is part of a much larger chronic illness community, and that’s a strength we don’t often tap into. Sometimes innovations that can help us PWDs (people with diabetes) come from folks dealing with other…

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Small But Mighty: Tallygear Diabetes Cases — for the Dexcom and Beyond

AmyT — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:00:41 +0000

When her daughter Tallia (Tally, for short) was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in September of 2007, Donna Annese was one of those moms who wasn’t taking it sitting down. Within a year of diagnosis, Donna helped her daughter get…

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Navigating Insulin Delivery, Like a GPS

MikeH — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:00:03 +0000

We already have the ability to use a global positioning system when we’re behind the wheel, not only plotting out where we are on the road but also to find out what turns to make next on the drive to…

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Small But Mighty: Kickstarting Another New BG Logging App

AllisonN — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:00:51 +0000

Finding new and innovative ways to log our diabetes info is all the rage these days. While some companies are manufacturing new gadgets to help us log and track blood sugar readings, medication doses, carb counts and more, many new…

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Small But Mighty: D-Mom Creates Medical IDs Kids Like to Wear

AllisonN — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:00:25 +0000

When you live day-in and day-out with diabetes, you often find clever, MacGyver-like workarounds to everyday problems — like using toupee glue to keep a CGM sensor stuck on your arm. Or using a pump reservoir as an insulin source…

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Small But Mighty: Everyday Glucose Will Fit in Your Wallet!

WilD — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:00:33 +0000

Despite having 10-12 hypos per month, Scott Bissinger had a problem remembering to carry fast-acting glucose with him. The reason? Lack of what he calls “the portability of glucose.” He knew there had to be a better way, and his…

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Small But Mighty: Pump Wear, Inc. (Win Your Choice of Pump Gear!)

AllisonN — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:00:54 +0000

I met Julie DeFruscio years ago — her daughter, Nikki, and I were actually JDRF Children’s Congress delegates the same year — and I’m excited to feature her as our latest diabetes entrepreneur! Our Small But Mighty series showcases small…

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Small But Mighty: aDorn Diabetes Bags (Win One of Your Own!)

AllisonN — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:00:43 +0000

How many of you just hate lugging around tons of diabetes junk, only to find yourself rifling through the black hole of your bag, looking for your glucose meter or spare insulin pen? Jen Dorn, a 34-year-old type 1 diabetic…

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Timesulin: Insulin Pen Cap That Keeps You Ticking

AllisonN — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:00:27 +0000

As we all know, there’s A LOT to remember when it comes to diabetes. So Timesulin, a virtual company founded in 2009 in Germany, Sweden and the UK, hopes to help patients remember whether or not they’ve taken their insulin injection.…

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Small But Mighty: Sugar Medical Supply

AllisonN — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:00:22 +0000

They say that necessity is the mother of invention. Such is the case with Carolyn Jäger, a 36-year-old New Hampshire-based wife and mom, who grew up with a younger sister with type 1 diabetes and was diagnosed herself at age…

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