Diabetes
New trial of Siri-like technology aims to improve management of Type 2 diabetes
Australians with Type 2 diabetes are invited to trial a new digital health program to help them stay on top of their condition.
May 23, 2016
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Diabetes
Advances in continuous glucose monitoring technology will pave the way to an artificial pancreas
As the accuracy, reliability, adoption, and successful use of Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) continue to increase, the ultimate goal of combining CGM with an insulin pump and sophisticated algorithms for automating the ...
Jan 19, 2016
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Diabetes
Is the finger-stick blood test necessary for type 2 diabetes treatment?
In a landmark study, UNC School of Medicine researchers have shown that blood glucose testing does not offer a significant advantage in blood sugar control or quality of life for type 2 diabetes patients who are not treated ...
Jun 10, 2017
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Diabetes
Could the future be finger-stick free for diabetics?
(HealthDay)—A lot of excitement surrounded the announcement from Apple that its new watch will be able to monitor blood sugar levels. Has Apple figured out a way for folks with diabetes to check their blood sugar without ...
Mar 13, 2015
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Continuous glucose monitors help manage type 2 diabetes
In patients with insulin-treated type 2 diabetes, the use of continuous glucose monitors is associated with better blood sugar control and fewer visits to the emergency room for hypoglycemia, a Kaiser Permanente study published ...
Jun 2, 2021
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Diabetes
Artificial pancreas likely to be available by 2018
The artificial pancreas—a device which monitors blood glucose in patients with type 1 diabetes and then automatically adjusts levels of insulin entering the body—is likely to be available by 2018, conclude authors of ...
Jun 30, 2016
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Medical research
Study shows how big data can be used for personal health
Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine and their collaborators followed a cohort of more than 100 people over several years, tracking the biology of what makes them them. Now, after collecting extensive ...
May 8, 2019
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Sensors to simplify diabetes management
For many patients diagnosed with diabetes, treating the disease can mean a burdensome and uncomfortable lifelong routine of monitoring blood sugar levels and injecting the insulin that their bodies don't naturally produce. ...
Oct 13, 2014
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Diabetes
Chronic fatigue highly prevalent in type 1 diabetes
(HealthDay)—Patients with type 1 diabetes (DM1) have a high prevalence of chronic fatigue, according to a study published online Aug. 15 in Diabetes Care.
Aug 31, 2013
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Diabetes
Endocrine Society's Clinical Practice Guideline offers recommendations for hospitalized patients with diabetes
Hospitalized patients with diabetes or hyperglycemia who receive goal-directed glycemic management that includes new technologies for glucose monitoring and pre-discharge diabetes self-management education may have better ...
Jun 12, 2022
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