By Kristian Dye The case reported by Dunton et al comes from a very particular cultural context, and yet it demonstrates things that all practitioners see in almost all healthcare settings. The patient reported is a 60 year old man with type 2 diabetes, who despite taking his medications, is unable to make the behaviour change […]
Category: Diabetes
Australian boy is first to receive ‘artificial pancreas’ insulin pump
Xavier Hames is a four year old boy with Type 1 diabetes and he has been fitted with an insulin pump that senses glucose levels and stops insulin – a step closer to an ‘artificial pancreas’. An artificial pancreas adds a glucose sensor to an insulin pump so that it can sense when to reduce […]