“Diabetes is hard when you first get it. But I’ve been doing this since I was three so you actually grow into it. It’s getting a lot easier now that there are pumps and sensors. I am glad that you are getting it now instead of then. So stay strong and try not to cry when...
“Real people with real stories with real diseases – the feedback we’ve gotten is it’s much more engaging for kids,” says Erick Archer, who developed the program for Texas Instruments. “They don’t ask, ‘Why do I have to learn this?’ It’s obvious.” On laptops and iPads, ...
With the proliferation of insulin pumps, many kids can respond to problems themselves, reducing the need for schools to provide injections as well. Parents say they are not asking schools to continuously monitor their child's readings, but rather to ensure that an adult at the school checks tha...
Adiabetessmart insulin pen is an insulin delivery tool that offers some of the features of an insulin pump but without the always-connected experience required with pumps. Read more + What are the benefits of pediatric smart diabetes insulin pens?
Most of our diabetes chit-chat is about pumps or syringes and different types of insulin. We babble on about watching blood glucose levels with meters or continuous glucose monitors. We gossip about juice boxes and glucose tabs and diabetes gadgets. We post and celebrate about FDA approvals ...
There are currently several tools available to help track and maintain blood sugar levels, including insulin pumps,smart pens, CGMs (Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems), and blood glucose meters. What is insulin? Insulin is a hormone produced by beta cells in the pancreas. It has three importa...
While there is increased use and identified benefits of CGMs and pumps, challenges still arise for young children and their parents. Children have reported that CGMs and pumps were painful to insert and wear, specifically reporting skin adhesive difficulties and extra discomfort when wearing both devi...
Background Advances in medical technology and research documenting clinical effectiveness have led to the increased use of insulin pumps worldwide. However... Fatemah,M.,Alsaleh,... - 《International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy》 被引量: 7发表: 2014年 ...
Pumps4Kids was a collaborative campaign between the then Manx Diabetic Group and the Isle of Man Newspapers that launched in 2012. The charity and the newspaper group set themselves a target of £20,000, which would allow them to wipe out the waiting list at Noble’s Hospital for children...
Most people who take insulin use a needle to put the medicine under the skin. Insulin pumps can deliver insulin more accurately than shots.they release Small amounts of insulin all day long, they can even give bigger doses at mealtimes, if necessary...