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Category Archives: diabetes products
Quality of Life and Diabetes
Quality of life is pretty important to me, and hopefully that’s an obvious statement. I just read an article about severe hypoglycemia (low blood glucose) and it’s effect on quality of life in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. … Continue reading
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Tagged continuous glucose monitoring, diabetes, insulin pump, low blood sugar, quality of life, severe hypoglycemia, severe low blood glucose
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Random apps for your highness
Today’s prompt is to write about my favorite iPhone app for diabetes. Here’s the truth: I don’t use any diabetes apps! I do have an iPhone, though, so I guess that makes me an embarrassment to the Apple community. Anyway, … Continue reading
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Reliable Information: the GATOR approach
If you are reading this blog, chances are you get information from the Internet. A group of nurse researchers put together the GATOR approach to making sure that people are finding good information on the web. G is for genuine. … Continue reading
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Diabetes Breakthroughs
I am constantly in a quandary about whether to focus on managing and living well with diabetes vs. finding a way to eradicate diabetes. Over the years I’ve leaned toward letting the scientists and fundraisers work on the latter while … Continue reading
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Tagged diabetes cure, diabetes gadgets, diabetes prevention, diabetes research
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Where are you with your diabetes?
Tudiabetes is turning five this year. A blog prompt from tudiabetes is as follows: Reflect on where you were the year TuDiabetes began (2007) and where you are now. My initial response was “no difference” in terms of my relationship with diabetes, … Continue reading
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CGM Poll
With all this talk about artificial pancreases (closed-loop systems) and CGM, it’s time to take a poll. I just read an article about a CGM study in kids ages 4 to 9. This is an important study, because this age … Continue reading
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Tagged CGM, CGM in young children, continuous glucose monitoring, diabetes management, overnight blood glucose monitoring
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Artificial Pancreas updates
I guess it just dawned on me that the race is really on for the artificial pancreas. I listened to a webinar the other day about one group’s work on it. Yesterday I was looking at a conference agenda, where … Continue reading
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Tagged artificial pancreas, closed-loop system, cure for diabetes
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The technology debate
Today is day three (ish) of the AADE (American Association of Diabetes Educators) Annual Meeting. As you can imagine, there has been a lot of talk about technology. Today I attended a very interesting (and entertaining) session about teaching adults … Continue reading
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Tagged diabetes, hackers, hackers and insulin pumps, insulin pumps, technology
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Technology vs. People
I saw a great advertisement for an insurance company, while traveling recently. It went like this: “Technology when you want it. People when you don’t.” (trademark: Esurance Insurance Company). I was immediately reminded of people with diabetes and all the … Continue reading
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Tagged diabetes, glucose, monitoring, technology
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Pump-worthy
I probably should not have made it sound so easy to get on an insulin pump. For many people (and for a variety of reasons) it is not. Sometimes it’s a provider issue. Many providers have it in their heads … Continue reading
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