As we all know, there’s A LOT to remember when it comes to diabetes. So Timesulin, a virtual company founded in 2009 in Germany, Sweden and the UK, hopes to help patients remember whether or not they’ve taken their insulin injection.
Unlike insulin pumps, most insulin pens don’t come with a memory that you can scroll through to check whether or not you already bolused for your dinner. What to do if you’re unsure? Not taking…
It’s no surprise to our readers that one of the biggest issues with current diabetes management is the lag time of our current fast-acting insulins.
Although light years ahead of what patients had in the past, current fast-acting insulins still aren’t quite up to snuff to handle post-prandial spikes. This is becomes a barrier for developing an Artificial Pancreas, as the insulin can’t respond quickly enough to sensor data in a closed-loop system.
The topic…
When I saw a media alert recently about a new book on the “functional use of insulin,” I jumped at the chance to order a review copy. I’m sure I’m not using the stuff as well as I could be, and this little 190-page volume looked like a great way to brush up on my skills.
Turns out the book is designed as an introduction to, and supplementary part of, a diabetes education course in…
Diabetes Health magazine recently published an exposé about the implantable insulin pump that Medtronic has been developing in Europe for over 20 years. The story quotes four passionate users and implies that Medtronic is dumping this phenomenal technology for lowly business reasons (not sniffing enough profit in the air?)
A few of the dozens of commenters defended Medtronic by pointing out the holdup at FDA, not only on the new pump technology itself, but also…
Ever since Insulet launched the Omnipod five years ago, the patch pump has been gaining steam as the must-have gadget for diabetes device companies. Many companies are in the works developing (or acquiring the technology to develop) their own, from market leaders Medtronic to newcomers like Debiotech with their Jewel pump. Now another company out of London, Cellnovo, is making its way on the scene, and getting some very hot press… but how good is…
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