diabetes tools

ANNOUNCING: The 2013 DiabetesMine Patient Voices Scholarship Contest

By AmyT on June 17, 2013

Hello PWDs (people with diabetes) everywhere,
We’re excited to announce that we’re gearing up for our 2013 DiabetesMine Innovation Summit event, to take place at Stanford University School of Medicine on Friday, Nov. 15, 2013.
We would like to include 10 enthusiastic patients, interested in participating and helping to run this influential event.
Those who’ve followed our work will be aware that the Innovation Summit is a unique invitation-only gathering of patient advocates, academics, entrepreneurs,…

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Asante’s Risqué Diabetes Marketing: Too Much, or Just Good Fun??

By AmyT on June 5, 2013

Sunnyvale-based Asante Solutions, which is just launching its new Snap pump, is going where no diabetes company has gone before with their marketing! They’re keeping it real and funny and even a bit edgy — which we at the ‘Mine love. But there is some concern that they’ve gone too far…
Please take a gander at these two videos being previewed exclusively here, and provide some community feedback below. They’d love to know (as would…

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The Making Of a D-Tech Startup: Tidepool’s Universal Diabetes Data Platform

By AmyT on May 28, 2013

Holy Diabetes Innovations! I am happy to announce that a small group of entrepreneurs and researchers including several parents of kids with type 1 here in San Francisco are tackling the diabetes data dilemma head-on, having just launched a new startup called Tidepool.
A few months ago, a gentleman named Howard Look reached out to me, after hearing about the DiabetesMine Innovation Summit, and seeing our video from the 2012 event calling for D-data standardization…

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ATTD Report: Paris Conference Hones in on ‘Advanced’ Diabetes Tech

By AmyT on March 13, 2013

Neal Kaufman is not only the husband of famed endocrinologist and Medtronic exec Fran Kaufman; he’s also a diabetes guru of sorts in his own right. He’s an experienced clinician and educator who founded a company called DPS Health (Diabetes Prevention Source), that offers an intense coaching program using technology + real-life interventions to help people with pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes improve their lifestyles. Like us, he’s extremely interested in all sorts of D-technologies…

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Sunday Funnies: D-Tools for the Holidays

By AmyT on December 16, 2012

 
Some little-known items PWDs might want to add to their Christmas lists…
 

 
Thanks to the talented Terry Keelan, a type 1 PWD living in Southern California who’s very active with the athletic group Insulindependence. You can also check out some of Terry’s snarky videos on YouTube. Thanks for the great gift ideas, Terry!
 
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