The New York Times reports today that the rise in the use of home glucose monitors, also in hospitals, is pushing the Food and Drug Administration toward a possible crack-down on accuracy standards. Some of you might say it’s about time, considering that current standards allow a margin for error of up to 20%, which can make a huge difference in the choices we make on food, exercise, and in particular insulin doses.
And who…
I get loads of questions about where to find discounted meds and other diabetes supplies. Especially over at the DiabeticConnect community, costs are one of the hottest topics. Until now, I’ve been referring folks to Patient Assistance Programs, neglecting the fact that if you have a little bit of cash on hand, you can get your D-stuff for amazing prices at your local Wal-Mart.
Seriously. I was pretty stunned when I walked by the Wal-Mart…
Nope, these innovative designs for “all-in-one” diabetes devices (everything you need for both glucose testing and insulin injections in one package!) were NOT shown at the ADA Expo this past week. That’s because they don’t exist yet, except in the minds of some more of our űber-creative contestants in this year’s $10,000 DiabetesMine Design Challenge.
And I have to ask myself: isn’t there a market for something nice and compact like this? If OmniPod can…
It may or may not surprise you to know that lots of people with diabetes don’t really know how to use their glucose meters. By that I mean they were never given a good explanation of when test to test or why. Naturally this refers mostly to folks not on insulin (because taking insulin generally makes testing a do-or-die affair).
But there are a shocking number of Type 2 diabetics out there who were truly…
Recently I wrote about an amazingly compact new glucose meter called the Glucocard, from Japanese manufacturer Arkray. Now it seems that the company is going designer ultra-mini with a tiny new meter that will be the first-ever to feature interchangeable face plates, “so users may personalize the look of their monitoring system.” The GLUCOCARD® 01 (as it’s inexplicably named; 01 tells us nothing) received final FDA clearance in early February, and will be launched next…
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