As many of you know, I’ve taken on Health Design as a platform of advocacy. And it happened almost by accident, when I had the inspiration to pen that Open Letter to Steve Jobs back in April of ’07. It was a tongue-in-cheek call-to-action for the gurus of consumer design to get together with the providers of medical devices and start making them smaller, slicker, more personalizable — in short, more like the iPod.
I’m happy…
On Wednesday of this week, the eighth annual Diabetes Technology Meeting convenes in Bethesda, MD, for a three-day event (spanning this year’s World Diabetes Day on Thursday) that will survey the latest technological advances for people with diabetes. How I’d love to be a fly on the wall at that conference!
Nevermind that I’ve been trying to gain press access to this meeting for at least the last 3 years; I have a mole this…
iPod, iPhone, iPump, iPort, iV-drip (?)… so no reason to look surprised when you hear about another futuristic diabetes technology company by the name of iSense.
This one, a privately held company based in Oregon, has been working on developing a “minimally invasive” continuous glucose monitoring system (CGMS) for about ten years. (I’m guessing the company name sounded a lot more futuristic back then.)
From what I gather, what’s new and different with the iSense…
Talk about adding insult to injury! It was bad enough when my Type 1 diabetes ushered in a new era of being allergic to wheat. But now I’ve received some equally upsetting news: it seems I am also allergic to medical adhesives. Would you believe…?
“You’re the only one in the family who needs medical adhesives, and now you’re allergic to them. Isn’t that ironic or something?” my 11-year-old blurted out on the way home…
I don’t want this post to sound negative, as I’m quite liking the modus operandi of the FreeStyle Navigator. But as you can see, reader June S. hit the nail on the head when she said, “Yikes! How can you fit a large ‘Pod’ on your body PLUS the large Navigator transmitter/receiver?” Two lumps are a lot of gear on your skin, especially in the sizzling summer heat.
After wearing this double-duty almost all week,…
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