diabetes
Artificial Pancreas Draft Guidance Issued
Dec 01, 2011
FDA today released draft guidance for artificial pancreas device systems for treatment of type 1 diabetes, an event one advocacy group is hailing as a “...
Open Discussion: How Would You Solve This Human Factors Problem?
Sep 07, 2011
The Set Up: A clinic nurse in Madison, WI, is reported to have misused equipment for teaching patients to inject insulin. The nurse changed the needle in the...
What FDA Should Do to Facilitate New Diabetes Treatment?
Aug 21, 2011
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) has recently encouraged FDA to speed development of new treatment options for diabetes. In researching this...
The Latest Medical Device? It's Your Car
May 19, 2011
Your next car might come with a significant upgrade: health monitoring. Ford Motor Co. is working on smartphone-like apps that could be integrated in the...
Alfred Mann Wins MDEA Lifetime Achievement Award
Apr 28, 2011
Serial entrepreneur, inventor, and philanthropist Alfred Mann has become something of a legend in the medical device industry. So it’s only fitting that...
FDA Meets to Debate Glucose Meters
Mar 17, 2010
At a two-day meeting (March 16-17) to review self monitoring blood glucose (SMBG) meters, FDA officials and staff  sought input from medical experts,...
Improving Care for Patients with Diabetes
Oct 10, 2009
A new system designed to help physicians remotely monitor and adjust the treatment of their diabetes patients was launched at the Continua Health Alliance Fall...
Gastric Bypass Works. And It Could Change the Western World
Sep 03, 2009
Gastric bypass procedures have worked far better than anyone expected. Not only does it help obese patients lose weight, resulting in longer (and improved)...
Wall St. Journal Overhypes Study Results
Jun 09, 2009
I find it amusing when reputable news sources are caught in sloppy reporting--especially when it comes to medical study results. I should be keeping a running...