The current paradigm of office visits every three months for PWDs (people with diabetes) is not the right model (nor is it for other...

I recently had the fortunate opportunity to be part of the inaugural UCSF Lean Launchpad course, formed by Erik Lium and Stephanie Marrus...

I went in to the dermatologist last week for an annual skin check and, instead of a humiliating, cold, and uncomfortable paper gown, this...

I am just finishing up a packed few days at TEDMED 2013 as a FrontLine Scholar.  There were over 1,800 people there, from a broad...

Asthmapolis, which launched in 2010, has been in the news the last few days after announcing a $5 million series A venture capital round...

I’m very excited to be attending TEDMED 2013 in Washington DC next month.  I was fortunate to be chosen to go as part of the Front Line...

I gave a talk yesterday to a great crowd at the annual UCSF CME conference, Diabetes Update.  The slides from my presentation, “The...

Weitzman et al just published a very interesting article in JAMA Internal Medicine called “Participatory Surveillance of Hypoglycemia and...

As an early-adopter and a bit of a productivity nut (I am a big believer in David Allen’s Getting Things Done), I use a lot of different...

To quote Mugatu, Will Farrell’s character in Zoolander, mHealth is “so hot right now.”  In this spirit, nearly 4,000 people came together...

The Swedish Obese Subjects study is a fabulous example of how very-useful practical knowledge can come out of a well-conducted cohort...

I’ve previously written here about the 2 major New England Journal trials looking at treating type 2 diabetes with bariatric surgery....

Story at DiabetesMine about Diabesties. #diabetes #Diabetesmellitus #mhealth

The next generation “G4” Dexcom CGM is now FDA approved and available in the US.  Press release is here. #diabetes #dexcom...

Nearly every day in my practice, a patient with diabetes asks me whether he or she should switch from multiple daily insulin injections...

From the always on-point and eloquent Dr. Bryan Vartabedian at Baylor and his blog 33charts, “The case for new physician literacies in...

I spent a few hours this morning watching the livestream of the MedX conference at Stanford organized by Dr. Larry Chu.  From the...

Japan has approved use of a new basal insulin from Novo Nordisk, insulin degludec.  It is being promoted by the company as having a...

I’ll admit that I’ve not yet read this journal article to form my own conclusions, but I found the headline interesting nonetheless....

It was a true honor and a pleasure to be invited to be part of the UCSF Unusual Thinkers panel at Dreamforce 2012 yesterday in San...