Give Your Kidneys Some Love
March is National Kidney Month (yes, they have a month for that organ! and even a World Kidney Day on...
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Design Challenge: A Chat with Our Professor of Health Design
Peter Jones may have a common name, but he's a rare animal. He's one of the few academic design experts...
Diabetes Car Crash
This morning, after dropping off the kids at school, I decided that I was due for a car accident. This...
Raising the Bar on Glucose Meter Accuracy: The Industry Recommends…
More details on the recent FDA Hearings on the accuracy of blood glucose monitoring devices: I was surprised by the...
American Diabetes ‘Wake-Up Call’ Day; Healthcare Reform?
"Diabetes has become the greatest public health crisis of the next quarter century." This according the American Diabetes Association, via...
HPAM in Action: Student Speaks at Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day at CDC
This past Sunday, February 7th, was National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in...
FDA Hearings on Blood Glucose Meters – An Advocate’s Perspective
Many of you may know that the FDA held a two-day Public Hearing on the issue of Glucose Meter Accuracy...
In Case of Emergency: This Keychain Gadget Could be Your LifeGuard
Let's face it: a medical ID bracelet really doesn't answer all the questions someone would need to ask if they...
Design Challenge: Insights from Last Year’s Big Winner
I proudly present Samantha Katz as Exhibit A: the graduate student from Northwestern University who (along with project partner Erik...
From Ireland with Love (and Diabetes)
I often wonder what it would be like to have diabetes in a different western industrialized country - one that...
NEWSFLASH: Medtronic’s New Next-Gen Pump + CGM OK’d by the FDA
Happy St. Patrick's Day, again. See this morning's post with some wee silliness on that.A quick newsflash on this lovely...
