Meeting ACT1 If you're like me - or even if you don't spend quite as much time browsing "all things diabetes" in cyberspace - you might have noticed that the incredible proliferation of new D-blogs and online communities is making it seemingly impossible to ke......
Happy Hanukkah! (with Info and Fun Stuff) A very Happy Hanukkah to those who celebrate, beginning at sundown this evening!Whew - Hanukkah starts darn early this year! Why is that? Because Jewish holidays are based on the ancient Hebrew calendar, which accounts for leap year differently th......
Breaking the Glass on Generic Insulin: "Biosimilars" Coming Soon? Why is affordable generic insulin not available to patients in the US? Mainly because the big manufacturers have a stronghold on the patents for this complicated "biologic" drug. But now it seems Big Pharma itself may be presenting a nice alterna......
ADA Device Report: New ‘Jewel Pump’ is Best in Show I have lots of news from the the huge expo floor of this year's American Diabetes Association annual conference this week. To start off, one of the most impressive new devices I saw was indeed the new Jewel Pump from Debiotech out of Lausanne, Swi......
