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Diabetes Devices monitor and help to manage your blood sugar levels to try to stay within the target range, helping prevent complications of diabetes.

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Recently, JDRF has ratcheted up the pressure on the FDA to encourage quicker development and approval of an artificial pancreas (AP) for type 1 diabetes. In late...
According to a recent Apple report , over 425,000 mobile apps are now available in the App Store, with a staggering 200 million users and 15 billion downloads. And...
What will it take to get an artificial pancreas approved? It seems that the path ahead may now be a bit clearer…
Valeritas’ V-Go Disposable Insulin Delivery Device. In late July, Valeritas announced it had received CE Mark approval for its V-Go disposable insulin delivery device,...
Although most blood glucose meters are theoretically able to upload test results to a computer, the reality can be a frustrating, time-consuming process. Different...
Although insulin pens don't often grab headlines as much as other diabetes devices, we were glad to hear news about Novo Nordisk’s FlexTouch pen earlier this summer. The...
Look out for a new "smart" insulin pen this February. It's called the HumaPen Memoir - "memoir" because it records the time and amount of the previous 16 insulin doses...
Over the course of their lifetimes, roughly half of all people with diabetes develop diabetic neuropathy, which affects the nerves and can cause feelings of numbness and...
On November 29, NeuroMetrix announced that it had cleared the final hurdle holding up the introduction of the Sensus Pain Management System, designed for the treatment...
Wireless, cell phone-enabled, and data-to-the-cloud glucose meters are a new trend in diabetes, evidenced by the recent launch of Sanofi’s iBGStar (see test drive in...
The 2012 Diabetes Technology Meeting provides new insights into the artificial pancreas and the latest thinking on regulation from the FDA.
A candid interview with diaTribe advisory board member Dr. Anne Peters touches on the newest drugs and devices, curing type 1, and addressing obesity.
Gary Scheiner shares how to make your blood glucose data work for you.
Kelly shares some very positive news and highlights the latest new, cool technology to manage diabetes and obesity.
The artificial pancreas is coming – will it be connected to an iPhone? What we learned at Children with Diabetes - Focus on Technology.
Touchscreen meets insulin pump in Tandem’s new t:slim.
On February 7, the FDA cleared LifeScan’s OneTouch VerioSync blood glucose meter. It will feature wireless Bluetooth compatibility with the iPhone, allowing blood...
The newest in CGM: learn about Dexcom’s redesigned, more accurate, and sleeker G4 Platinum system.
Frequent and careful blood glucose monitoring is unquestionably useful for people who take insulin, but is monitoring necessary for all patients
In September, Medtronic and Bayer announced that Bayer's Contour Next Link meter became available to patients ordering new Medtronic Paradigm Revel insulin pumps and...

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