[Humor] In a sometimes-futile attempt to keep up to date with diabetes news, I scan at least the titles of about 40 blogs every day, plus the table of contents from almost 40 scientific journals when they come out. Diabetes news is coming so fast and furiously these days that it's sometimes really overwhelming, and I need to take a... Read more
Last month, the weather was sunny and crisp here in New England, so I drove to a scenic side road not far away and actually went for the walk I plan to take every other day. The foliage was glorious. As I turned down a side road I came upon an old cemetery. Most of the graves are very old, 1820 to 1880, and as you walk through a place like this... Read more
Rumors are flying that the Abbott Navigator, a continuous glucose monitor (CGM), will be discontinued even before it receives FDA approval. Layoffs at the company are said to be in the works, according to a Reuters news release. Abbott denies the rumors, according to a second Reuters story. And an Abbott representative told... Read more
Can mild vibrations make you thinner, with stronger bones? They apparently can if you're a mouse. Clinton T. Rubin at the State University of New York at Stony Brook put mice on a vibrating platform for 15 minutes a day, five days a week, for 15 weeks and reported that the "buzzed" mice had 27 percent less fat and... Read more
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