#freestylelibre – How Libre changes glucose testing behaviour and the cost implications
Whilst responding to a comment on the Freestyle Libre in a well known internet forum, it occurred to me that there are a couple of […]
Diabetes
The risks adherent in Diabetes Technology – why #wearenotwaiting is the right thing to do
Over the past 18 months I’ve spent a lot of time looking at diabetes technology, mainly as a result of the massive step forward that […]
Apparently, “Even small improvements in blood glucose levels can save the NHS loads of money” Not if you do the sums.
The news doing the rounds on the Diabetes news circuit today is that even small reductions in blood glucose levels can result in huge cost […]
Deconstructing the myths surrounding a Low Carb diet and Type 1 diabetes – why it’s another useful tool
Following a discussion on Twitter with someone regarding why a ketogenic diet is or is not dangerous for T1 diabetics, and seeing the usual recurrence […]
Whose Diabetes is it anyway?
Following a manic weekend of tweeting and a number of discussions brought on as a result of my clinic appointment on Friday, a couple of […]
Close encounters of the worst kind – an everyday encounter with @NHSDiabetes
Six monthly diabetes clinic appointment time and I was in high hopes. I had my agenda, knew what I wanted to say, and had prepared […]
Crowd Sourcing Diabetes Data – an extension of @NightscoutFdn for patient led clinical trials? #WeAreNotWaiting
Susannah Fox (@SusannahFox) 19/01/2016, 03:04 Peer-to-peer healthcare: Crazy. Crazy. Crazy. Obvious. (We’re getting there.) susannahfox.com/2011/05/25/pee… I saw the above tweet in my feed this morning, […]
Targeting insulin at the liver where it should be – Hepatocyte-Delivered Vesicle for Insulin
Whilst we are on the subject of novel diabetes treatments, I recently came across Hepatocyte Directed Vesicle Insulin from Diasome, and this one is a […]
#Afrezza or How not to do Diabetes Pharma. Can @SanofiDiabetes shed a little more light? – Updated
***NOTE: This post has been updated following re-reading of the SEC documents relating to the Chang Yi LIang case due to mis-reading of the data*** […]
#FreestyleLibre Now on NightScout – #wearenotwaiting
I’ve been using the Freestyle Libre for over a year now and the third party apps are getting better and better. Glimp has now reached […]