by Bruce Brown | January 11, 2019 | Health
Advances in diabetes management are among the most exciting in medical care, particularly with wearable continuous glucose monitors (CGM), insulin pumps, and algorithm-driven closed-loop artificial pancreas systems. We’ve written about Medtronic’s...
by Bruce Brown | November 12, 2018 | General News, Medical
Anything that helps helps. There is no need to make the case that diabetes continues to be a pervasive health threat to millions upon millions of Americans and, increasingly, throughout developed countries worldwide. People diagnosed with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes...
by Bruce Brown | July 6, 2018 | General News, Medical
The global increase in numbers of people with diabetes draws attention to new developments in closed-loop insulin delivery systems, aka the artificial pancreas. Even though the etiology differs between type 1 and type 2 diabetes, day-to-day management is generally the...
by Bruce Brown | July 3, 2018 | General News, Health, Medical
People with type 1 diabetes typically have to work hard to maintain their blood sugar levels within a target range, as this leads to better health and lower risk of dangerous complications. We wrote about the Medtronic MiniMed 670G hybrid closed-loop glucose...
by Bruce Brown | October 18, 2017 | General News, Medical
For people with diabetes, an artificial pancreas is the Holy Grail. Health Tech that automatically monitors blood glucose levels and administers the correct type and amounts of insulin could make diabetics’ lives much simpler. When Medtronic’s iPro2...