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…
Tag: CGM
The U.S. FDA has approved a continuous glucose monitor, the Dexcom G6, for use without finger sticks for calibration or dosing decisions.
The U.S.…
A new CGM that just was approved for use in Europe, called sugarBEAT, from Nemaura Medical, in the United Kingdom, was designed only after “multiple…
Is there any more iconic symbol for diabetes than a drop of blood on a finger? Throughout my diabetes career––yes, it’s work––piercing my finger…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced the determination of a benefit category and coverage for CGM.
In order…
Science appears to be overtaking fiction as a continuous glucose monitor implanted under the skin for three months or more is now being sold in Europe…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expanded the approved use of Dexcom’s G5 Mobile Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) System to allow…
If we learned anything about diabetes products in 2016, it’s that progress can happen faster than we anticipate. The diabetes community…
Dex Share meant that—if our entire family was home and our son went high or low—two cell phones and the Dex receiver would sound their alarms, sparking red alerts from every room. If that was contributing to my anxiety, what was it doing to my seven-year-old son?
Medtronic has announced that it will no longer sell its CGM Sof-sensor as of Dec. 1, 2015. Medtronic is offering no out of pocket cost conversion programs to their latest insulin pump and CGM technology, the MiniMed 530G with Enlite.