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Type 2 Diabetes News

Type 2 Diabetes is a chronic condition involving high blood sugar levels and reduced production and responsiveness to insulin.     

A company that has long been in “stealth mode,” Cellnovo recently emerged with a new discreet insulin pump. Dubbed the Cellnovo 150/Cellnovo 50 (the Cellnovo 150 holds...
Sometimes, it might seem like the only way mobile phones improve your doctor visits is by giving you a chance to text your friends from the waiting room. That could be...
AADE spotlights self-management and patient-provider interactions.
Dexcom recently received CE Mark approval for its fourth-generation CGM sensor, clearing the new sensor for use in Europe. The company plans to first feature the sensor...
Pedometers – sensors that are worn to count the amount of steps taken throughout the day – have long been used to help measure physical activity and motivate people to...
All this talk about healthcare reform got us thinking...
After a day of deliberation earlier this month, a recent FDA advisory committee voted 13 to 7 to recommend approval of Contrave, a novel weight-loss drug made by...
Just in time for the New Year, Kelly reveals good news on obesity therapies and insulin delivery devices.
D. Medical's Spring Universal Infusion Set has been cleared by the FDA. After almost 18 months of review at the FDA, D. Medical’s subsidiary Spring-Set Health Solutions...
Just one day after the controversial meeting on Avandia, the FDA Advisory Committee met again, this time to consider the approval of a new weight loss drug named Qnexa,...
Decoding the evolving FDA perspective on diabetes devices (and how accurate is your meter, anyway?!).
A spotlight on new technologies for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes at the Advanced Technologies and Treatments for Diabetes (ATTD) meeting.
Although the GLP-1 agonist drug class (like Byetta and Victoza ) and basal insulins (like Lantus and Levemir) have been around for some time, only recently have the two...
Check out our latest pump and CGM insights from our trip to London earlier this month.
Recently, the diaTribe team attended the annual Diabetes Technology Society conference here in San Francisco. Several people from academia and the pharma industry...
We are eagerly waiting for the fall premiere of Taking Control of Your Own Diabetes (TCOYD)’s new groundbreaking online reality TV show, Extreme Diabetes Makeover (XDM...
A next gen weight management and fitness tool— type 1 patient Adam Brown shares his thoughts on BodyMedia’s FIT Weight Management System.
Insulet's OmniPod will now be available in Canada. GlaxoSmithKline is partnering with Insulet to make the OmniPod available in Canada for the first time. Under the new...
Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis and her husband Louis Zorich are campaigning to increase diabetes awareness. While 18 million people are currently diagnosed with...
Kerri Morrone Sparling takes the next step: her path to CGM.

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