On JDRF’s Gonzo NY Times Ad We probably don't need to tell you that the Diabetes Online Community is all abuzz over the full-page ad that JDRF ran in The New York Times and in The Washington Post last week. It's quite the shock campaign... and most of the buzz has been about......
Hacking the nervous system When Maria Vrind, a former gymnast from Volendam in the Netherlands, found that the only way she could put her socks on in the morning was to lie on her back with her feet in the air, she had to accept that things had reached a crisis point. "I had become so stiff I couldn't stand up," she says. "It was a great shock because I'm such an active person."...
On Regulation and Cyber-Security of Our Diabetes Devices Medical devices and the data they generate are in the spotlight of late, and this is essentially great news for those of us whose lives are entwined with these systems!On June 20, FDA released a new draft guidance document outlining their current......
Take Care: There’s More to Medical Ethics Than Absence of Harm There's a widely held belief that a doctor's primary ethical obligation is to "do no harm." The "no harm" principle, taught to all health care professionals, is important and meaningful, but it's only part of a bigger ethical obligation we medical professionals have. That is, simply put, to take care of people. That duty of care is an important and useful guidepost in the increasingly complex world of medical ethics. Medical professionals have an ethical duty to relieve suffering, and to save and prolong lives. But today, as technological advances provide an almost unlimited ability to prolong lives, we also...
