by Bruce Brown | October 11, 2018 | General News, Health
Earlier this year we reported on the growing number of digital health industry mergers and acquisitions. As we mentioned at the time, the torrent of technology development; interest in digital health by tech giants such as Amazon, Google, and Apple; and increased...
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by Alfred Poor | September 7, 2018 | General News, Medical
Diabetes is a disease that prevents the body from regulating blood sugar. Many diabetics must take blood samples to check their glucose levels, and adjust their insulin doses accordingly. Finger sticks for blood testing can be inconvenient at best, as well as painful...
by Alfred Poor | September 5, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical
In 2014, there were no commercial systems available that closed the loop between a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) and an insulin pump. For a variety of reasons — including government regulation hurdles — manufacturers were not ready to bring such systems...
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 | March 20, 2018 | General News, Health
According to the 2017 National Diabetes Statistics Report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 30.3 million people in the U.S. have diabetes Type I and Type II. Of that total number, the CDC estimates 23.1 million people have been...
