We’re officially conference-weary after running around the San Diego Convention Center for four days of ADA briefings, sessions, meet-ups and expo booth visits. We lugged home loads of material that will surely keep us post-happy here at the ‘Mine for weeks. So what was super-new and hot? Spoiler Alert: Not all that much this year.
Our overall impression was that a lot of cool technologies we’ve already seen are stuck in the holding pen while…
Read more »
By
WilD on
April 30, 2011
Our controversial columnist Wil Dubois is back with another spicy edition of our new diabetes advice column, Ask D’Mine.
{Need help navigating life with diabetes? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
You know the answers you get here will be brutally honest and interesting, to say the least.
Robyn from Colorado, type 1, writes: I have traveled a lot over the years with my insulin in tow. Upon completion of each trip I always come to the…
Read more »
By
AmyT on
September 16, 2010
Calibra Medical’s new insulin “patch pen,” brand-named Finesse, has been approved by the FDA and performed extremely well in recent patient studies. The product could be a huge hit — if the company can secure the financial backing it needs to get production off the ground, according to the physician leading their research charge.
So let’s start at the beginning here: What the heck is a “patch pen,” anyway? That’s what I wanted to know.…
Read more »
By
AmyT on
September 22, 2009
How many insulins have you tried? If you’re like most people, you only switch to something new when a better generation comes out, such as when Regular upgraded to Humalog or when NPH upgraded to Lantus. But when it comes to comparing insulin in the same family, say Humalog versus Novolog or Lantus versus Levemir, most of us only try something new when something goes very wrong, such as burning at the injection site. Yech……
Read more »
