FROM ADA This is shocking: half of our nations seniors have prediabetes and are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes.One in three Medicare dollars is spent on someone with diabetes, and without action this spending will grow enormously in the years to come.But you can make a difference right now.November is American Diabetes Month […]
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Video from FDAs workshop on interoperability and bolus calculators. Held 11/13/14 Webcast Recordings and Presentations posted for the Regulatory Science Considerations for Software Used in Diabetes Management Public Workshop, November 13, 2014 Webcast Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Agenda 8:00-8:15 AM Welcome and Announcements Dr. Jacquline Yancy, Scientific Reviewer, Division of Chemistry […]
Diabetes Mine has a full report on the Diabetes Technology Society Payers Meeting held Nov 5. Here is an excerpt: You may remember that DTS Director Dr. David Klonoff and his team have been working on this program for many months, assembling aSteering Committeeof experts andlaying out detailsin September. FDA appears to be supportive, and […]
Help shed light on life with diabetes and provide life-saving supplies to children in developing countries through #WalkWithD. During the month of November, Lifescan Inc. will donate 100 test strips to Life for a Child for every social media post using the #WalkWithD hash tag. WalkWithD isusing Tagboard to collect social media posts using the […]
todayhealthchannel.com Last month, we asked people with diabetes toshare what they payfor their test strips. Its part of our ongoing#PriceCheck collaboration. Weve heard that the cost of test strips can vary greatly. Weve also heard that these test strips and the blood glucose monitors theyre used with can provide inaccurate data. As weve dug into […]
A charity partnership called The Access Alliance wants to raise awareness about life with Type 1 diabetes around the globe. Many people living with Type 1 diabetes struggle to survive because they cannot afford their insulin or keep it cool, for example. Others do not have access to blood glucose test strips or other essential […]
Living with diabetes is hard. We know that, dont we? But what about policy-makers in the US tasked with evaluating and approving better drugs and treatments for diabetes? Lets start talking to the FDA to tell them what living with diabetes is really like and with 29 million of us living with the disease (in […]
The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists(AACE) has issued a safety alert to members onGlucose Monitoring, particularly for patients on medicare.In part the warning says: clinicians are urged to stipulate the specific brand/model of the blood glucose meters they prescribe and check with their local pharmacies to make sure that their prescriptions are filled as written. […]
Reposted fromhttp://www.diabetesstories.com/stories_blog/the-new-doctor-the-patient.html by Riva Greenburg As the number of people with diabetes continues its astonishing risefrom 26 to nearly30 millionand inpre diabetes from 79 to 86 million the number of endocrinologists who specialize in their treatment remains flat. There are roughly only 5,000 endocrinologists and 19,000 diabetes educators across the country today.How are we going […]
by Stephen Shaul http://happy-medium.net @StephenSType1 When I first discovered the group of boggers, reporters, healthcare professionals, and patient advocates that make up the Diabetes Online Community, I remember feeling really good about the upport and encouragement I was suddenly finding through the internet. I did not know much about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, […]