It’s sad, but true: these days, Europe usually sees new diabetes technology before the U.S. With that in mind, Kelly Close and her team at the highly respected diabetes consultancy Close Concerns have put together a thorough round-up of some of the latest in diabetes technology, specifically regarding patch pumps, from across the pond. What Europe is up to is a taste of what we will see in America soon (hopefully)… Take it away, Kelly!…
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The Pancreum closed loop (automated insulin + CGM + glucagon) system that won a Grand Prize in the DiabetesMine Design Challenge this year may look like a pipe dream, but designer Gil DePaula assures us it is “visionary but real.”
Have a look at the video, below, and also Gil’s company website.
“The glucagon part is definitely a futuristic concept — because there’s no predicate device for glucagon delivery with the FDA, so that’s a…
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Diabetes is certainly not created equal, and it’s even more varied when you take into account the various ways countries manage their health care system. Over the past few months, in our new international series, we’ve peeked into the lives of PWDs in Spain, Germany, Canada and Australia, and this month we’re taking a hop across the pond to visit Becky Thomson, a resident of the United Kingdom (which of course encompasses England, Scotland, Wales…
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Gary Scheiner is not only a well-known diabetes educator and author of the popular book Think Like a Pancreas, he is also a type 1 diabetic for the past 25 years. He has used every pump and CGM on the market (he’s currently rocking a Medtronic pump and DexCom CGM) and has also mastered the art of Symlin, another injectable drug used to manage type 1 diabetes.
He’s back as one of our expert judges…
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WilD on
April 30, 2011
Our controversial columnist Wil Dubois is back with another spicy edition of our new diabetes advice column, Ask D’Mine.
{Need help navigating life with diabetes? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
You know the answers you get here will be brutally honest and interesting, to say the least.
Robyn from Colorado, type 1, writes: I have traveled a lot over the years with my insulin in tow. Upon completion of each trip I always come to the…
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