Beam Me Up, Bluetooth Meters: Test Driving the VerioSync & iHealth BG5

Can it be true? Finally, the day of wireless Bluetooth diabetes data beaming has arrived! Two new glucose meters now at our fingertips can instantly send our blood sugar results to a smartphone or tablet, with no need for manual re-entry or that c…

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Ask D’Mine: How Low-Carb is Low Enough? Got diabetes questions? You came to the right place! Ask D'Mine is our weekly advice column, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator Wil Dubois.This week, Wil gets a direct ask on how he feels about a controversial but well-known v......
"I am angry that I starved my brain and that I sat shivering in my bed at night instead of dancing or…" “I am angry that I starved my brain and that I sat shivering in my bed at night instead of dancing or reading poetry or eating ice cream or kissing a boy or maybe a girl with gentle lips and strong hands” - Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls (via paintdeath)...
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 their newest Facebook page for 2010 American Diabetes Alert Day, today.The campaign is meant to sound a bel......
A Little Madness Over College Basketball and Diabetes The Madness of March is here, once again! It's the time of year when college basketball fever consumes the world and businesses lose countless hours of employee productivity thanks to bracketology and all forms of NCAA fan activity.I'm a sports fa......
NewsFlash: Medtronic & Bayer Unveil More Accurate, USB Link Meter Q) What looks like a USB stick but has a bright color screen, wirelessly communicates with Medtronic insulin pumps, and is more accurate than your average glucometer?A) It's a brand new meter called the Contour Next Link, co-developed by Medtronic......