Guess where I am today? That’s right. If the headline didn’t tip you off: I’m in Washington DC, elated to be rubbing elbows with some of our nation’s most prominent diabetes advocacy groups, at the high-level Diabetes Forum 2009 Conference, this year titled “Broaden Your View.”
I say “high-level” because this truly is the most influential diabetes event I’ve ever been invited to participate in. It’s put together by a group called Avalere Health that…
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Welcome one and all! Today I’m excited and proud to announce the kickoff of the 2009 DiabetesMine™ Design Challenge, an online competition to encourage creative new tools for improving life with diabetes.
Do you have an idea for an innovative new diabetes device or web application? This is your chance to win up to $10,000 to realize your design concept, and potentially help transform life with diabetes for millions of people!
Watch our video to…
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AmyT on
February 26, 2009
Recently I wrote about an amazingly compact new glucose meter called the Glucocard, from Japanese manufacturer Arkray. Now it seems that the company is going designer ultra-mini with a tiny new meter that will be the first-ever to feature interchangeable face plates, “so users may personalize the look of their monitoring system.” The GLUCOCARD® 01 (as it’s inexplicably named; 01 tells us nothing) received final FDA clearance in early February, and will be launched next…
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AmyT on
February 24, 2009
Lately it seems like every tech company is getting into the mobile game. With mobile applications that do everything from calculating your tip to identifying the song blaring from the next car over, it’s no wonder diabetes companies are getting involved with mobile programs designed to help manage your diabetes.
For most people, the cell phone is one of the only gadgets everyone understands and uses every day. There are several companies that have utilized…
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AmyT on
February 20, 2009
In the aftermath of my recent cancer scare, I’m feeling lucky to be alive these days. But it doesn’t make the diabetes any easier. Ironically, the days I work out hardest are often my worst BG control days, since I’m so hungry and craving carbs…
All of these thoughts brought me back to this post, which first appeared on the Diabetes OC site when I was “Featured Blogger of the Week” over the holidays. (I’m…
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