My dream glucose meter would:

• Have the precision of the new Nano from AccuChek (15/15% vs. the current FDA standards of 20/20%).
• Allow me to test without having lights on (like the VerioIQ from OneTouch does).
• Connect to my iPhone to save the need for cables (like the…

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I recently had a chance to give a whirl to the OneTouch VerioIQ glucose meter and found the experience to be fundamentally positive.

POSITIVE

• The patters are a big help. When you have entered enough BG readings, if…

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About a year ago, I ordered a Bayer Contour meter; the little kind with the USB plug built right in. When you think about it, it's actually sort of amazing just how unusual it is for a blood glucose meter to have a built-in ability to connect to a computer. The last meter I had used before the Contour…

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Last week we launched two new surveys in TuAnalyze, on insulin delivery systems and blood glucose monitors. A big thank you to everyone who has taken these surveys—so far each has been completed over 200 times!



The purpose of these surveys, which were developed in…

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Today the TuAnalyze team launched two new surveys to learn about your device use experiences, problems and malfunctions. These surveys respond to a compelling need to create direct channels of communication between consumers—who individually and collectively have insight into…

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If I took a poll on the one question I have had to answer the most over the past 36 years with diabetes, it’s this one:



"Does it hurt?"



“No.” I’ve answered many times. There are worse things.” I’m not certain why I don’t tell the truth. The exercise of inserting a needle into the tips of my fingers seems very insignificant in the scheme of things. I already have a life-threatening illness – what’s a little pin prick?…

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So the other day I was flicking through Pumping Insulin (4th edition) by John Walsh and Ruth Roberts, which, as many of us know, is one of the bibles of insulin pump therapy. There is however, one section that I can’t help but giggle when I read, not because the information is inaccurate or unhelpful, but just because of the poor choice of abbreviation.



The con mon.



Instead of the intended root of the term, the continuous… Continue