Interesting research re insulin pumps, multiple injections, CGMS.

5 March 2010
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I’ve just come across two interesting pieces of research.

One:

A trial done in Norway between 1995 to 2004, involving 80 kids and adolescents using both multiple daily injections (MDI) and insulin pumps. The trial was set up to study the difference in HbA1c; incidence of hospitalisation for ketoacidosis and severe hypoglycaemia; and patient preference.

It was shown that the HbA1c levels of the patients decreased over time, which also coincided with the adoption of insulin pump therapy (76% of the patients were on pumps by the end of the ten years – unfortunately it doesn’t say what percentage were using them at the start). However, the adoption of insulin pumps didn’t seem to have an effect on the number…

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By Nic on 5 March 2010 at 8.43 am
Posted in CGMS, Hypos & Hypers, Insulin Pumps, Kids & Teens, Science & Research
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A new artificial pancreas in the making.

14 January 2010
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There’s been plenty of talk over the last few years about ‘closed loop’ systems and artificial pancreases. Talk and a bit of action but nothing conclusive just yet.

However, the latest announcement that the JDRF are pouring $US 8 million into a closed loop system between Animas and Dexcom (CGMS) sounds like great news to me.

Details over at Diabetes Mine…

Interesting to hear they’d hope to have a product in market in four year’s time.

My questions are two-fold.

1. Does that mean it could get released in the States in 2014…

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By Nic on 14 January 2010 at 9.59 am
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Aren’t people lovely part II: cakes and plastic cows.

13 November 2008
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This week, my Mum was showing some of the women at her work the latest issue of diabetes magazine, which I have an article published in. The article talks about my experiences with the Dexcom CGMS (see all the posts on this here) and mentions that I’m moving to a pump. Mum’s talked to these women before about the expense of the pump and how I’m still paying it off, and one of her work friends piped up all of a sudden and said “Right – this is what’s going to happen – we’re going to all cobble together and bake lots of cakes and sell them on behalf of your daughter and raise…

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By Nic on 13 November 2008 at 8.06 pm
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dia-Driver

15 July 2008
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So I see someone has been working on a car which reads your blood glucose levels via an under the skin insert and a Bluetooth transmitter, here.

Interesting – but I have a couple of questions:

With the advent and increasing popularity of continuous blood glucose monitors, won’t we be able to have this functionality no matter what car we drive?
Does it stop you from driving if your glucose is too low or high when you start up the car? (a la a drink-driving gauge)
What does this car look like? (I bet it’s uuuug-ly)

Good point to raise though. I…

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By Nic on 15 July 2008 at 1.18 pm
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