We’re getting into busy D-conference season, and May has already brought a number of events keeping us busy, such as the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) conference that Wil Dubois covered earlier this month.
Most recently, getting in on the action were the Big Js in the Diabetes Community, as it were: JDRF with its Diabetes Now & Tomorrow conference and Joslin Diabetes’ Symposium on Challenges and Opportunities.
We were on the ground at…
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It’s Memorial Day, and in honor of those who have served our country, today we bring you the story of a Vietnam veteran from Indiana who’s living with his own unusual diabetes challenges. Randall Brown says he developed type 2 diabetes as a result of his time in Vietnam, and he’s devoted himself to helping other other PWD (people with diabetes) veterans who’ve served our country.
In addition, this three-day holiday weekend is known to…
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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.
This week, Wil is looking at decisions that pump companies make about the glucose meters that will pair with their devices. This can be a tricky one, especially when we get names like Contour and Contour NEXT that sound so much alike but require different strips… Wil has some thoughts here, of…
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If we’re forced to wear and carry medical devices all the time, we can at least spice up our gadgets with some color and decorative accents, right?
That’s what motivated a Pittsburgh couple to create their own business aimed at designing vinyl skin covers for the OmniPod tubeless insulin pump, Dexcom G4 Platinum continuous glucose monitor (CGM), and OneTouch VerioIQ glucose meter. Their outfit is called PumpPeelz, and it has apparently taken off like wildfire…
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