When her daughter Tallia (Tally, for short) was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in September of 2007, Donna Annese was one of those moms who wasn’t taking it sitting down.
Within a year of diagnosis, Donna helped her daughter get started pumping, and then in November 2008, the family began creating unique cases for pumps and other D-supplies under the label Tallygear (named after her Tally, of course!). Their main product is something called the Tummietote, a…
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By
MikeH on
February 20, 2013
Your smartphone is watching you — to learn how your behavior might be affecting your health.
OK, maybe it’s not at this very moment… but it could, thanks to a new app created by a Boston-based health IT startup company called Ginger.io.
The company’s new “big data” app has been getting a lot of traction in the DOC lately, so of course we just had to take a look for ourselves.
The app allows your…
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By
MikeH on
February 12, 2013
We already have the ability to use a global positioning system when we’re behind the wheel, not only plotting out where we are on the road but also to find out what turns to make next on the drive to wherever we’re heading.
Now, take that idea into the world of diabetes management.
Think of that GPS helping you automatically map out your insulin treatment, charting glucose readings and suggesting what doses you might need…
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Finding new and innovative ways to log our diabetes info is all the rage these days. While some companies are manufacturing new gadgets to help us log and track blood sugar readings, medication doses, carb counts and more, many new apps have been created by PWDs (people with diabetes) who live with the overflow of numbers everyday. In fact, these awesome D-entrepreneurs were the inspiration for our recurring Small But Mighty series on grassroots solutions…
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