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Insulin Pump HackingGate The Sequel

Insulin Pump Hacking [The Sequel]

Cast your minds back to August this year.  The very first #insulinpumphackinggate surfaced thanks to Jay Radcliffe’s endeavors! (Hi Jay), causing outrage from within the Diabetes community and rightly so. Initially, I was not as concerned as I’m not a pumper as yet.  The stunt proved that a pump can be told what to do by a [...]

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So is this the Insulution?

The guys and girls over at Insulution were kind enough to send over a sample of their newly introduced product called “Daily Dose“. Small, neat and convenient So on Friday evening I decided to give one a whirl, and I even tweeted the event! Daily Dose is available in 10 unit volume (0,1 ml) and 30 unit [...]

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Long Acting Insulin Degludec Has Lower Day to Day Variability

New data for ultra-long-acting insulin degludec show lower day-to-day variability compared to insulin glargine. You can also download the PDF version of this news article directly.

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Novo Nordisk Withdraws More Insulin

Novo Nordisk Withdraws More Insulin

Novo Nordisk Withdraws More Insulin, this time from the UK market. As reported in the Herald Scotland,thousands of diabetic patients face changing medication as a pharmaceutical giant plans to withdraw a key treatment from the UK, creating extra work for the NHS at a time when hundreds of jobs are ­facing the axe.

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A Possible Cure For Type 1 Diabetes?

A Possible Cure For Type 1 Diabetes?

Via ASweetLife.org – JDRF announced that research financed by JDRF may hold a key component for a possible type 1 diabetes cure.

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UK Spend 600 Million Pounds On Prescribed Diabetes Medication

UK Spend 600 Million Pounds On Prescribed Diabetes Medication

More money is spent on diabetes medication in primary care than on treatments for any other condition, with almost £600 million of medicines prescribed by doctors last year, according to a report.

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