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AmyT on
November 15, 2011
Ladies: ever wish you could find the perfect group of girlfriends who “get you” and your diabetes too? Well, now you can!
In another amazing feat from the Diabetes Online Community (DOC) in terms of inventing new ways for social media to impact PWDs’ lives, Brandy Barnes, founder of the DiabetesSisters online community, has just unveiled a cool new matchmaking platform with many of the attributes of online dating sites! Except this one is also…
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Speaking of improving on diabetes technology today…
Calling all people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes with iPhones! Want to be part of early testing on a brand new genre of diabetes iPhone app that is NOT a logbook, “learns” your personal details as it goes along, and actually coaches you to make healthy choices in a fun and interactive way?
That at least is the promise of the flagship app created by Massive…
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AmyT on
August 5, 2010
This post is the third and final installment of my recent guest post series looking at ways that new Technology is aiding Diabetes Care.
I don’t need to tell you how ubiquitous texting has become. (Somehow I could live without internet access on my iPhone this summer, yet I spent hours calling AT&T to make sure I could at least send and receive text messages from Europe!) Today, a progressive endocrinologist who’s active on Twitter…
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Talk about your really cool mashups of Web 2.0 technology being employed in clever ways to help improve people’s health! The non-profit Diabetes Hands Foundation has teamed up with Joslin Diabetes Center and pharma sponsor Boehringer Ingelheim to introduce a new interactive, Facebook-based game with social networking features that teaches you about healthy eating and diabetes management, and encourages you to take actions. The game is called HealthSeeker, and it goes live today!
Designed by…
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By
AmyT on
April 26, 2010
The tech blogs are all abuzz today over Bayer’s new DIDGET meter, designed just for kids, which integrates BG testing into the world of video games:
“Bayer’s DIDGET is the first and only blood glucose meter that connects directly to Nintendo DS and DS Lite and helps kids manage their diabetes by rewarding them for consistent testing habits with points to unlock new game levels and options. Bayer’s DIDGET meter is made for kids ages…
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