All Blog Posts Tagged 'devices' (3)

Dreading Airport Security: When your Insulin Pump is Suspect

(excerpt)...Carla leads me to the suspect chair with the white-lined feet on the mat

next to it. I place my feet inside the two white spaces. She asks me

if I would like to accompany her to a private room and I say no. So

far, it feels very standard and I happily cooperate. She asks me… Continue

Added by Elizabeth on May 11, 2010 at 2:31am — No Comments

The Artificial Pancreas: Is This as Good as it Gets?

Our modern technological dependency became crystal clear to me when I saw this morning’s headline “The iPhone Doctor Makes House Calls” (IHT 15 April 2010). The popularity of the iPhone (8.7 million 1st quarter 2010 ) has produced a cottage industry of mobile phone repairmen and in New York, one of them makes personal home visits to owners and their broken iPhones. Modern society has become so dependent on mobile technology and other forms of “personal tech” that breakdowns and the expense of… Continue

Added by Elizabeth on April 15, 2010 at 7:30am — No Comments

Diabetes and Venture Capitalism – a Bright Spot for the Economy and Patients

Good news yesterday from the Wall Street Journal (Blogs) on Venture Capital growth, in a post entitled, “Newly Funded Diabetes Companies, Doing Well by Doing Good.” The article reports that several companies in the diabetes care and treatment sector have received “significant funding rounds in recent weeks” In other reports, it appears that in 2010, entrepreneurial seed-lenders are most keen on green ventures, web technology and health… Continue

Added by Elizabeth on March 12, 2010 at 6:55am — 1 Comment

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