What can you do right now to advance diabetes advocacy? A summary from an insightful day at Masterlab.

Twitter: Livongo for Diabetes cloud-connected meter connects users to virtual care team, has algorithm-based feedback and built-in activity monitor Livongo Health...

Twitter summary: Dexcom announces “Software 505” for CGM users – FREE download that improves accuracy to 9% vs. fingersticks, available now! In unexpected news, Dexcom...

Twitter Summary: The ShugaTrak app sends updates on child’s BGM to parents in real time – currently available for Android phones At this year’s Friends for Life...

Could Tidepool’s software change type 1 diabetes?

On April 25, J&J announced that a metformin/Invokana (canagliflozin) fixed-dose combination pill called Vokanamet was approved in Europe. This makes the combined...

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Twitter summary: FDA approves Contrave weight management drug, with potential future use in #T2D On September 10, the FDA announced the approval of Orexigen’s weight...

(S)he said what?!?

What can obesity learn from seatbelts, airbags, and tobacco? Our interview with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Dr. Marks.

On July 15, Novartis announced a partnership with Google[x] to develop smart contact lenses that can non-invasively track blood glucose levels through tears and send the...

Why do we need better and more effective diabetes advocacy?

Twitter summary: @omadahealth announces $950K in funding to bring #diabetes prevention program to low-income communities On September 17, Omada Health announced that it...

Twitter summary: Novo Nordisk announces Houston as new member of Cities Changing Diabetes Program – exciting initiative to combat #diabetes in urban life Novo Nordisk...

Twitter Summary: ADA’s Tour de Cure Women Series events kickoff this fall on the west coast, help ride to stop #diabetes A special note for Bay Area readers or anyone...

(S)he said what?!?

German pharmaceutical company Merck KGaA has launched a pilot program in Kenya and Uganda to improve the outcomes of diabetes care through a text messaging campaign...

A how-to-guide for thriving in a toxic food environment that encourages bad choices.

Twitter summary: BI/Lilly launch Jardiance in the US, making it the 3 rd SGLT-2 inhibitor on the market; savings program for one-year free supply After its recent FDA...

The type 2 diabetes population is big enough to be the world’s third largest country – how a new campaign is raising awareness by petitioning the UN to recognize type 2...