Glucose Variability Pilot Study for the Abbott Sensor Based Glucose Monitoring System Amulti-center, prospective, non-pivotal, single arm, non-significant risk evaluation the Abbott Sensor Based Glucose Monitoring System Pro across different stages of T2 diabetes management. This is a non-significant risk study.Locations in: California, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina & Texas Detailed Description: Subjects will wear two […]
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Please share the AMA & CDC InitiativePrevent Diabetes STAT Particularly this tool Kit:http://www.ama-assn.org/sub/prevent-diabetes-stat/toolkit.html With more than 86 million Americans living with prediabetes and nearly 90 percent of them unaware of it, the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today announced that they have joined forces to take urgent […]
AACE leads advocacy effort to pass improved diabetes care legislation TheAmerican Association of Clinical Endocrinologistsis leading more than 40 national organizations that represent physicians, health professionals, patients, communities and the medical industry to support the National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission Act, according to a news release from the organization. With an aim to improve care […]
Insulin Pumps Need Greater Safety Review: American Diabetes Association Issues Joint Statement with European Association for the Study of Diabetes Alexandria, Virginia March16,2015 Not enough is known about the safety and efficacy of insulin pumps, and a comprehensive safety overhaul including greater access to data from pump manufacturers and public funding of research on the […]
Smart Insulin (MK-2640) Starts A Clinical Trial But the big news is that Smart Insulin has started clinical (human) trials. In fact, the trial started months ago, in November 2014. I missed it, mostly because Merck changed the drugs name from Smart Insulin to L-490 to MK-2640. The clinical trial was under the name MK-2640, […]
4 MARCH 2015 GENEVA A new WHO guideline recommends adults and children reduce their daily intake of free sugars to less than 10% of their total energy intake. A further reduction to below 5% or roughly 25 grams (6 teaspoons) per day would provide additional health benefits. Guideline on sugars intake for adult and children […]
See:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/webinar-the-fda-docket-tickets-15695602971 The FDA Office of Minority Health (OMH) will host a webinar to share with you how and why to comment to a docketa public record of information about an FDA action. When you comment, your voice is formally on record. Date:Wednesday, March 25, 2015 Time:2:00 3:00 PM ET RSVP:12:00 PM, Monday, March 23, 2015 […]
From:http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/news/Research_270/Bacteria-in-Hospitals.shtml (HealthNewsDigest.com) Bacteria hides in hospitals in some unexpected places. Every day, more than 200 Americans die due to healthcare-associated hospital infections[1]and about 1 in 25 hospital patients has at least one healthcare-associated infection[2].Following are six places where bacteria hide in the hospitals and ways to prevent the bacteria from infecting you. Glucose testing stripsBacteria […]
Tandem outlined thinking on Artificial Pancreas and projects at 2015 filing with FDA for their first step in their recent earrings call: From:http://seekingalpha.com/article/2946926-tandems-tndm-ceo-kim-blickenstaff-on-q4-2014-results-earnings-call-transcript Beginning in 2013 and throughout 2014, weve actively supported leading investigators in advancing this development of artificial pancreas solutions by providing Bluetooth enabled pump, hardware and software. We are committed to continue […]
OmniPods CEO spoke of artificial pancreas in Q&A at the most recent earnings call: From Seeking Alpha:http://seekingalpha.com/article/2957376-insulets-podd-ceo-patrick-sullivan-on-q4-2014-results-earnings-call-transcript Patrick Sullivan President & CEO Yes, I would say our strategy is that as it relates to the artificial pancreas, we are putting together strategy so that OmniPod is a very significant part of the artificial pancreas product […]