Diabetes Mine

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Sincere apologies for the interruption in service for the last few days.  I was getting ready to fire-bomb Dreamhost, which for some inexplicable re...

While we’re on the topic of diabetes technologies and advancements this week, I’d like to share what I’ve learned about two more companies working on some alluring diabetes innovations.
DiaSome Pha...

Are you on board with the notion of paying people to do the right things in life? I’m asking because I’m about to announce beta testing of a new diabetes education website that will offer incentive...

On Wednesday of this week, the eighth annual Diabetes Technology Meeting convenes in Bethesda, MD, for a three-day event (spanning this year’s World Diabetes Day on Thursday) that will survey the l...

The diabetes online community has come a darn long way in just a few short years.  Today, Nov. 9, was dubbed the official “Annual Diabetes Blog Day” by Gina Capone of the Talkfest back in the “earl...

I read other PWD’s blogs, and they always seem like they have it so together.  But then again, when fellow diabetics meet me in person, they seem to think I have it all figured out, too.  Closer to...

Are diabetes headlines in the mainstream media mostly a bunch of hype, or do they bring us real hope for the future?  The panel I moderated on this topic at the Diabetes Research Institute’s annual...

* Special for Diabetes Awareness Month *
My friend and co-author Dr. Richard Jackson of Joslin Diabetes Center often expresses frustration at the things his patients were never told about their dia...

Again, Januvia is one of the most searched-for terms on this site — which is interesting, because it’s an oral drug for controlling Type 2 diabetes with which I have no personal experience.  But th...

Imagine: Smart Insulin that could sense high glucose levels and automatically dispense insulin on demand. “As your glucose levels drop off, the drug stabilizes, trapping insulin until the next gluc...