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Top Five Takeaways and Themes From ADA2020 80th Scientific Sessions… Virtually
ADA’s 80th Scientific Session wrapped up today, and there was a lot of ground covered, despite the fact that we all watched from our...
Jun 16, 2020


Continuous Glucose Monitoring: What It Means for the Definition of Diabetes
I recently published a Commentary on CNBC about the future of glucose tracking using continuous glucose monitors. Here is the link –...
Feb 16, 2019


Diabetes Technology in 2018
Linking here to two resources I published recently: First, my presentation at the April 2018 UCSF Diabetes CME course. Here are those...
Sep 24, 2018
The Future of Diabetes Management: Social Networking and New Technologies
I gave a talk yesterday to a great crowd at the annual UCSF CME conference, Diabetes Update. The slides from my presentation, “The...
Mar 15, 2013
New Dexcom CGM is FDA Approved
The next generation “G4” Dexcom CGM is now FDA approved and available in the US. Press release is here. #diabetes #dexcom...
Oct 11, 2012


Do insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors actually improve outcomes?
Nearly every day in my practice, a patient with diabetes asks me whether he or she should switch from multiple daily insulin injections...
Oct 10, 2012
MedX 2012 Conference at Stanford
I spent a few hours this morning watching the livestream of the MedX conference at Stanford organized by Dr. Larry Chu. From the...
Sep 28, 2012
Quantified Self and Diabetes… the Perfect Match
Take a few minutes and watch this video of Jana Beck from a Quantified Self meeting as she explains how she took data from her Dexcom CGM...
Jul 12, 2012


Diabetes technology is hitting the regular consumer media
Gizmodo, a well-known consumer electronics and technology blog, posted a story about progress towards the artificial pancreas. Is...
Jun 19, 2012


Telemonitoring intervention for diabetes has durable effect: Extension of DiaTel study
Published in an Online First this week by JAMIA was the extension of the original DiaTel study published in Diabetes Care in 2010. The...
May 23, 2012


iBGStar meter now on sale at Walgreens and Apple
I expect that this meter will be very popular, as it will allow people with diabetes to automatically record their glucose values on...
May 2, 2012
Three new glucose meter reviews from Adam Brown and diaTribe
For those interested in seeing a review of three new glucose meters on the market, I recommend reading this blog post from Adam...
Apr 26, 2012
Two clinical trials ongoing with diabetes mhealth
There are two ongoing clinical trials to be aware of. One is at the Univ of Maryland and is using the forementioned Telcare meter. This...
Mar 27, 2012


OneTouch Verio IQ meter
I won’t review this meter, since I haven’t tested one, and there is a very thorough review already here at DiabetesMine. I do want to...
Mar 22, 2012


iBGStar turns your iPhone into a glucose meter… on sale in UK now
Still not available in US (though finally FDA approved), but now available in the UK, is the iBGStar from Sanofi. This device is similar...
Mar 12, 2012


Medtronic makes a first step towards “closed loop” with “low glucose suspend”
Medtronic just published results from their ASPIRE study showing decreased time in hypoglycemia for patients using their new “low glucose...
Mar 1, 2012
170 million wearable, wireless health and fitness devices by 2017
From mobihealthnews, ABI Research predicts that by 2017, there will be 170 million wearable and wireless health and fitness devices in...
Feb 26, 2012


Glooko: A cable to download glucose data from (most) meters
While I haven’t tested this cable or software from Glooko, they seem to be on the right track. Largely for insurance reasons, patients...
Feb 25, 2012
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