While insulin and insulin pumps have evolved into highly technical and effective tools for treating diabetes, the method…
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The Unmet Need For Diluted Insulin
While insulin has recently been engineered to be more concentrated, faster acting, and overall more powerful, there is a…
Novo Nordisk Recalls Cartridge Holders in Certain NovoPen Echo Insulin Delivery Devices
Novo Nordisk is initiating a recall of insulin cartridge holders used in a small number of NovoPen Echo batches because …
Studies Show Diabetes Drug Invokana Increases Amputation Risk
People with diabetes who take a class of drugs known as sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors will now need …
Girl With Diabetes and Insulin Allergy to Receive Pancreas Transplant
A 12-year old South Carolina girl with Type 1 diabetes and what her parents describe as an intense allergy to insulin th…
Mitigating Airport Security With An Insulin Pump
Have you been through airport security with your insulin pump only to come into contact with an agent who has no idea wh…
Creating Diabetes Tattoos That Sense Changes in Blood Sugar
It’s not often that the words “cool” and “diabetes” get used in the same sentence, but researchers at MIT and Harvard ha…
MedAngel ONE Now Available For iPhone and iPad
Today at the American Diabetes Association’s 77th Scientific Sessions in San Diego, MedAngel announced the officia…
The Promise of Generic Insulin
The headline you’ve probably read more than once, including here on A Sweet Life, is one of outrage surrounding rumors o…
If Anyone Can Take Diabetes Tech to the Next Level, It’s Apple
As a diabetes mom of nearly 20 years, I’m like a walking museum of diabetes technology. Our first meter, the Lifes…