Devices

Terry Gregg, CEO, Dexcom, discusses the current landscape of reimbursement for CGM technology. Although insurance companies were initially slow to catch on for approving CGM devices for type 1’s, there has been a shift and approvals seem to be improving. He is also sees the overall market increasing as more …

Rudy Bilous MD, FRCP Richard Donnelly MD, PHD, FRCP, FRACP   Islet structure and function Insulin is synthesized in and secreted from the β-cells within the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. The normal pancreas has about 1 million islets, which constitute about 2-3% of the gland’s mass. All of the islet …

by Dr. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM Recently, I had to opportunity to view some of the ongoing trials of one of the many "artificial pancreas" (AP) systems in development, and it was an eye-opening and somewhat disappointing experience. As an exercise physiologist, avid recreational exerciser, and person living with type …

Recently cleared by the FDA, a new device available over the counter may help those suffering from chronic pain…. 

  Rudy Bilous MD, FRCP Richard Donnelly MD, PHD, FRCP, FRACP   Impact on healthcare expenditure Diabetes is an expensive disease. About 75% of the direct costs are absorbed by the long-term complications, rather than the management of diabetes itself. In the USA in 2002, the annual economic burden of diabetes was …

Genteel – The First Pain Free Lancing Instrument  Genteel is a radically new lancing instrument that completely replaces the more-familiar industry-standard spring-loaded devices. Genteel’s patented technology allows patients to get the right amount of test blood from both fingers and alternate sites the first time, every time, without pain, or …

Smart contact lenses would also correct vision in a different way similar to an autofocus camera lens….

Rudy Bilous MD, FRCP Richard Donnelly MD, PHD, FRCP, FRACP   Diabetes mellitus is diagnosed by identifying chronic hyperglycemia. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) have used a fasting plasma glucose (FPG) of 126mg/dL.(7 mmol/L) or higher to define diabetes (Table 3.1 ). This originated from epidemiological …

Rudy Bilous MD, FRCP Richard Donnelly MD, PHD, FRCP, FRACP   Diseases with the clinical features of diabetes have been recognised since antiquity. The Ebers papyrus, dating from 1550 BC, describes a polyuric state that resem­bles diabetes. The word ‘diabetes’ was first used by Aretaeus of Cappadocia in the second century AD. …

Type 1 diabetes patients have better control of their blood sugar levels with an artificial pancreas….