Continuous glucose monitors are technological miracles that significantly improve care for people with diabetes. They can also be clunky, expensive,…
Category: CGMs, Meters & Pumps
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I’ve been living with Type 1 diabetes for more than 30 years, and I have worked hard to never let my…
Whether we like it or not, pricking our fingers is part of diabetes management. Yes, there are amazing advancements in CGM technology, including…
This month, a group of San Diego-based experts came together to help a koala with diabetes at the San Diego Zoo. The koala, a male named Quincy, has…
Medical device company, Tandem Diabetes Care, manufacturer of the only touchscreen insulin pumps available in the United States, today announced…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted its Premarket Approval application to market Eversense Continuous Glucose Monitoring(CGM)…
Using a continuous glucose monitor these days can be awesome – blood sugar trends, streaming data to the cloud, the ability to share data with trusted…
Summer is coming, and with the sunshine and hot days come sweat, sand, and other seasonal woes that compromise the stickiness of your diabetes devices. …
Sometimes the simple way is the best way, whether it’s learning lessons from your mother or doing what you’re good at. In the world of miniature medical…
Thirty-one years ago, I was checking my blood sugar with this giant lancing device, using a heavy brick of a glucose meter, and chasing my blood…