The US FDA has approved Tidepool Loop, an app designed to automate insulin dosing. Born out the do-it-yourself, “we are not waiting” movement, it has designs and features not in the first wave of commercial automated systems like Omnipod 5 and Tandem’s Control IQ. CEO Howard Look talks to Stacey about what was approved here…
It’s In the News, a look at the top stories from the diabetes community from the last seven days. This week: Cost Plus pharmacy starts putting out feelers about insulin, asking people to take part in a pilot program, EO Flow looks at the US market for their new patch pump, quite a few new…
It’s in the News.. the top diabetes stories of the past seven days. This week: new research looks at off-label use of GLP and SGLT drugs for people with type 1, Medtronic gets 780G approval in Canada, finger prick early detection of type 1, and lots going on for Diabetes Awareness Month. Check out Stacey’s…
What would you say if you could thank the man who woke up with the idea that led to the discovery of insulin? Let’s find out! Earlier this year, I interviewed the curator of Banting House. That’s the museum within the house where Sir Frederick Banting had his incredible eureka moment. You can listen to…
It’s “In the News…” the only LIVE diabetes newscast! *We are having some technical problems. To listen to this episode please follow this link* https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/diabetesconnections/Ep_404_Final_In_the_News.mp3 — Top stories this week include the conversation around COVID booster shots for people with diabetes, Lyumjev insulin is approved for use in pumps, news from Beta Bionics’ partner Zealand…
It’s “In the News…” your weekly wrap up of diabetes news and headlines. This week: Medicare move on CGM testing requirements New study on Eversense, implantable CGM One sport changes its rules for BG monitoring Diabetes when deaf – new research to help Women leadership gap in diabetes Join me live on Facebook each Wednesday…
We started the show in Summer of 2015. This week, Stacey takes a look back at what was happening in diabetes technology at that time. Tandem had just announced you’d be able to upgrade without getting a new pump, Dexcom gave up on the Share cradle an Bigfoot & Beyond Type 1 were just coming…
Listen to an excerpt from The World’s Worst Diabetes Mom: Real Life Stories of Raising a Child With Type 1 Diabetes! If you like what you hear, get the audio book for FREE. Diabetes Connections listeners can use this link to get one free book and one free month of Audible! You can also find…
Recently, the FDA approved the very first stable liquid glucagon, brand name GVOKE, and as it’s showing up in pharmacies and becoming more available, we wanted to learn more about it. After all these years.. it’s amazing how we suddenly have two new options on the market. The orange or red box glucagon most of…
Is the news about diabetes better than many of us believe? A deeper look into some important studies with two leaders in the diabetes community. Join the Diabetes Connections Facebook Group! Dr. Bill Polonsky of the Behavioral Diabetes Institute and Dr. Steve Edelman, founder of TCOYD and an endocrinologist who lives with type 1, join…