Published in 14-10-2020 in Tips & Tricks tagged with Diabetes management

Need more practical, real-life tips on sensor/pump therapy? Read about what other pumpers have learnt after many years of experience.

Published in 14-10-2020 in Lifestyle tagged with dia

It is commonly known that certain foods, illness, and lack of exercise can increase blood sugar levels. However, stress is another factor that can increase blood sugar levels. Managing stress is quite complicated. To make it even harder, each type of stress can affect blood sugar levels differently. It’s all highly individualized. So, how can stress cause high blood sugar and what can you do about it?  

Published in 14-10-2020 in Food and drink tagged with Diet

Food labels should help us understand their contents, in order to safely include any product in our diet and also help us design our shopping list. However, sometimes these labels use terms or data that can confuse us, if some basic concepts are not known. Below we detail some key aspects of food labeling that we have obtained from consulting various medical guidelines related to nutrition and diabetes.

Published in 14-07-2020 in Products tagged with CareLink

Discover the types of reports, how to identify trends and analyse data on CareLink Personal Software to improve your diabetes outcomes. 

Published in 14-07-2020 in Products tagged with CareLink

Discover the benefits of using the diabetes management system, CareLink Personal Software and how it improves your diabetes outcomes1-4.

Published in 14-07-2020 in Lifestyle tagged with Diabetes management

In these uncertain times, at Medtronic we believe that no step is too small to make a difference, whether you are staying at home to protect your own health and the health of your family, or you are on the frontlines, serving society’s most vulnerable. We thank you for taking that step. In today’s edition, we would like to show our appreciation for all you have done and are doing. 

Published in 29-11-2019 in Tips & Tricks tagged with Diabetes management, MiniMed 640G, MiniMed 670G

It is the first system that automatically adjusts basal insulin to keep you in range and help to prevent highs and lows, but some user inputs are required

Published in 29-11-2019 in Lifestyle tagged with Diabetes management

Valentina was the first person in Mauritius to start on the MiniMed™ 640G System. Everything was going great and then she was hit with the news of her cancer diagnosis. She has written a letter to the diabetes community telling us how she used the pump to navigate through this difficult experience.