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Blood testing, mosquito style

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created Apr 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A skin patch could one day provide a less-invasive alternative for diabetics who need to take regular samples of their own blood to keep glucose levels in check. The common method of drawing blood from fingertips and using ...





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Glucose intolerance in pregnancy associated with postpartum cardiovascular risk

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created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women who have gestational glucose intolerance (a condition less severe than gestational diabetes) exhibit multiple cardiovascular risk factors as early as three months after birth, according to a new study accepted for publication ...


Continuous glucose monitoring in diabetic pregnant women lowers risk of complications

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created Sep 26, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Continuous glucose monitoring as part of antenatal care for women with diabetes improves maternal blood glucose control and lowers birth weight and risk of macrosomia (excessive birth weight in babies), according to a study ...


Self-monitoring with blood glucose test strips inefficient use of health-care resources

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created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Routine self-monitoring of blood glucose levels by people with type 2 diabetes who are not taking insulin is an ineffective use of health resources as the modest benefits are outweighed by the significant cost of test strips, ...


Hospital diabetes care standards not met by US academic medical centers

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created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A benchmarking study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine evaluated contemporary hospital glycemic management in United States academic medical centers, determining glucose control practices are suboptimal and do ...


Self monitoring of blood glucose levels helps patients with diabetes

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created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) enables those with diabetes to modify their behavior, adjust their medicine and understand their disease to better manage it, according to a recent study, published by SAGE in The Di ...


New insights in diagnosing diabetes may help the millions who are undiagnosed

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created May 27, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In light of the 6.2 million Americans who don’t realize they have diabetes, a panel of experts examined the current criteria for screening and diagnosing the disease and found a significant need for improvement. Their conclusions ...


New study to explore if anti-inflammatory drug can treat type 2 diabetes

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created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Joslin Diabetes Center scientists are taking groundbreaking research on the role of inflammation in type 2 diabetes to a new level with the launch of a national clinical trial to investigate whether salsalate, an anti-inflammatory ...


Contact lenses check blood sugar

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created Nov 13, 2006 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

A scientist in Baltimore has developed a contact lens that can provide diabetics with a non-invasive way to monitor blood sugar.


Scientists take important step toward the proverbial fountain of youth

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created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Going back for a second dessert after your holiday meal might not be the best strategy for living a long, cancer-free life say researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. That's because they've shown exactly ...


New research links genetic variant, poor glycemic control to coronary artery disease

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created Nov 25, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study led by researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center and Harvard Medical School has found that a common genetic variant associated with an increased risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) in the general population ...



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