Close Concerns Weblog

Cool DexCom news; TolerX + exenatide!?!

We were at the UCSF Pediatric Diabetes Symposium here in San Francisco on Saturday - the 10th annual! This is amazing every year and we got to hear some very interesting news on research. But first off, we saw the new DexCom receiver that allows manual entry of blood glucose - it has been approved by FDA and launched Feb 29, a bit ahead of schedule.

Glycemic variability - staying in "the zone" + Yay for NAVIGATOR

It’s fascinating that at almost every conference we attend, the idea of glycemic variability works itself into the conversation. It’s almost a mantra now: two identical patients, similar demographics, similar duration since diagnosis, and similarly decent A1c values.