Diabetes History

The Other Missing Hormone

A member asked about amylin — the hormone the beta cells release alongside insulin, and the one nobody ever replaced. Why it came off the market, and what happened when I ran it through a second pump in 2005.

Diabetes Technology

Built for Now: Our New Guide, the Tools Before It, and the Ones to Come

Our critical-emergency-alerts guide is finally done — and finishing it left me with one quiet question: how long will it stay accurate? A reflection on the diabetes tools I've already outlived, the ones coming next, and the one thing on the whole list that never goes obsolete.