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Why Medicare’s Attitude Toward Diabetes Could Kill Senior Citizens

...the government (and health insurers) a hell of a lot more than the price of an adequate supply of accurate blood glucose meters and strips. Judging from comments I heard from CMS at the Diabetes Technology Society’s meeting in September, however, I anticipate that CMS would interpret the findings of...

People With Diabetes Can Eat Everything, Really?

There’s a four-letter word lurking behind many conversations about diabetes – and, at the risk of offending people with my language, it’s spelled c-a-r-b. Before I was diagnosed with diabetes in 2001, I rarely thought about carbohydrates – and when I did, my associations were usually positive. I’d gather with...

Minimed 530G with Enlite Trial, Threshold Suspend

Last week I started a trial of Medtronic’s latest insulin pump and continuous glucose monitoring system, the Minimed 530G with Enlite. (See my previous post here.) I thought I’d devote today’s post to what’s arguably the most exciting part of the new system: threshold suspend. As those of you who...

Minimed 530G with Enlite Sensor Trial, Day 1

When Medtronic recently offered me the opportunity to do a free trial of the Minimed 530G with Enlite Sensor, their new pump and continuous glucose monitoring system, I jumped at the chance. (Disclosure: I have to give it back at the end of the trial period, and they have no...

What Do Your A1C Test Results Really Mean?

The hemoglobin A1c test, as we all know, is supposed to give a sense of your average blood glucose levels over the past three months. But here’s a question for you: have you ever tried to figure out what those average blood glucose levels actually are? Say you have an...

Spare a Rose, Save a Child: Dedicate this Valentine’s Day to Helping a Kid With Diabetes Survive

...your sweetheart a full bouquet of flowers, you donate the price of one rose (or several, if you’re up for it!) to the International Diabetes Federation’s Life for a Child program. They take that money and use it to pay for insulin, blood glucose testing supplies, diabetes education and clinical...

FDA’S New Draft Guidance on Blood Glucose Test Strips

...that makes this ultimate goal – 5-10% accuracy for all meters – explicit. The hope would be that eventually these higher standards could be phased in to apply to all meters. More on how to comment below. Q: Will these new standards drive prices up? A: No, the FDA does...

Sensor Sensibility: A look At Medtronic’s Enlite Sensor

For the third year running, I had the privilege to attend the Medtronic Diabetes Advocate Forum.* Many in attendance have begun to share their opinions and recollections, and our very own Catherine Price has a great overview of the event. One of the most interesting changes this year was that...

Medtronic Diabetes Advocate Forum 2014

I just got home from the 2014 Medtronic Diabetes Advocate Forum (twitter: #medtronicDAF), a yearly event where Medtronic invites a group of diabetes advocates (including Karmel!) to its headquarters in Northridge CA to meet its diabetes team, learn about new products, and brainstorm with each other. (Medtronic pays for guests’...

The Best Diabetes Articles of 2013

...You Should Worry About the Accuracy of Your Glucose Test Strips by Catherine Price there is currently no system in place in the United States to ensure that test strips and meters continue to achieve this level of accuracy once the FDA has cleared the meter for market. (What’s more,...