http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Researchers at the Universitat Politècnica de València and the Universitat de Girona have developed a new method for continuous glucose monitoring in patients with type 1 diabetes. It is based on a new calibration algorithm which is adapted to existing treatment devices and increases the accuracy in estimating blood glucose and helps regulate a controlled and automatic insulin release. The system has been patented by the two Spanish universities. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-method-ability-glucose-diabetic-patients.html Diabetes Wed, 08 May 2013 08:22:22 EST news287220126 A diabetes specialist and Artificial Intelligence expert have collaborated to test the prototype of an artificial pancreas. Should a planned clinical study and clinical trial support the excellent 'simulated' results obtained so far, this breakthrough could one day change the lives of millions of people. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-quest-artificial-pancreas.html Medical research Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:01:06 EST news271965658 Newer technologies designed to help people with type 1 diabetes monitor their blood sugar levels daily work better than traditional methods and require fewer painful needle sticks, new Johns Hopkins research suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-technology-blood-sugar-conventional-methods.html Medical research Mon, 09 Jul 2012 17:00:01 EST news261070632 (AP) -- Even the human bloodstream isn't safe from computer hackers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-insulin-vulnerable-hacking.html Medical research Thu, 04 Aug 2011 06:46:34 EST news231659168