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…
Hello PWDs (people with diabetes) everywhere,
We’re excited to announce that we’re gearing up for our 2013 DiabetesMine Innovation Summit event, to take place at Stanford University School of Medicine on Friday, Nov. 15, 2013.
We would like to include 10 enthusiastic patients, interested in participating and helping to run this influential event.
Those who’ve followed our work will be aware that the Innovation Summit is a unique invitation-only gathering of patient advocates, academics, entrepreneurs,…
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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Happy Saturday, and welcome back to our weekly advice column, Ask D’Mine! hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator Wil Dubois.
Just last week, Wil tackled some pressing questions about what our insulin needs are and how it actually works. Today he explores another aspect of this BG-lowering elixir as it works (or doesn’t) in people with diabetes (PWDs): insulin resistance, and whether you can be living with two types of diabetes at…