Comprehensive Diabetes Information and Lifestyle Guide
This meter has been discontinued. The FreeStyle Flash Glucose Meter by Abbott Laboratories has been around for several years now. When originally released, it was a watershed of new technology that was welcomed to the market. Even today, it is still more advanced and offers better testing that many of its newer peers. The hallmark … Read more
The original Freestyle Freedom glucose meter has given way to the newer FreeStyle Freedom Lite Blood Glucose Monitoring System. This meter is one of the latest glucose monitors from Abbott Laboratories. The Freedom Lite is very similar to the Freestyle Lite, but does have some notable differences. The Abbott family of meters also includes several … Read more
Tandem Diabetes Care began shipping the t:slim insulin pump in August 2012. This is a big deal. It has been quite a while since a new insulin pump has been brought to market. This pump is stylish, has a color touch screen and looks very similar to an iphone, which makes it much more discreet … Read more
The latest freestyle glucose meter from Abbott Laboratories is the Freestyle Lite Blood Glucose Monitoring System. The Lite has some of the most advanced and sought after features of any diabetes glucose meter available on the market today. Abbott also produces four other glucose monitors. Overall, the product family is one of the most popular … Read more
Discontinued: This pump is no longer available in the United States. The Nipro Amigo Insulin Pump is a true labor of love for the company. During our review we spoke with the company several times and the enthusiasm for the insulin pump really showed through. Let’s take a look at the pump review to see … Read more
The Paradigm Insulin pump is the most widely prescribed pump on the market today. Recently, the company has made tremendous advancement in combine pump therapy and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Combined with exception data management, the Minimed Paradigm models are favorites of both doctors and users. Before jumping into the review, it is important to … Read more
The Accu-Chek Spirit Combo was introduced in 2012 as a replacement to the Spirit model. The key differentiating factor for the new pump is that is uses wireless blue tooth technology to communicate with the included Accu-Chek glucose meter. Not only are glucose results transferred to the insulin pump, but you can also control your … Read more
The latest Animas insulin pump is called the OneTouch Ping. It is safe to say that there is no other insulin pump currently on the market with some of the pump’s unique characteristics. The pump combines a pump with a remote control and glucose meter to deliver a sophisticated, yet straight forward solution to pumping. … Read more
There are over 15 Fora Care Glucose Meters. Seriously, to be exact, the company produces 16 blood glucose monitors. WOW! This is the most of any company in the industry. Why so many? The company does have some innovative testing options, but the differences between many of the meters in the same series are miniscule … Read more
Nova Max Glucose Meters are excellent in some respects and severely limited in others. Glucose monitors for consumers is not the primary business of the company, Nova Biomedical. Instead, Nova is a leader in commercial glucose, ketone and lactate testing equipment. The two consumer oriented meters it does produce, the Max Link and Max Plus, … Read more