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Apple Tested Blood Sugar App for Preventing Type 2 Diabetes

2024-10-252024-10-25 Danie
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Select employees with prediabetes were invited to test the app, which offered assistance with food selection and lifestyle changes. Employees who participated confirmed that they had prediabetes with a blood test, and then actively monitored […]

Blogdiabetes, health, technology

Withings Launches Smart Scale That Helps With Diabetes Management

2023-11-152023-11-15 Danie
Greean background with top view of a matte black smart scale with a display showing 82 Normal.

Using add-on health modules that are available by prescription, the scale is able to track biomarkers that are usually only available in a clinical setting. The diabetes module monitors Electrochemical Skin Conductance, which allows it […]

Blogdiabetes, health, technology

MIT Scientists create a living medical device that is made from human cells that secrete insulin, and may replace injections someday

2023-09-202023-09-20 Danie
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MIT scientists might be one step closer to making insulin injections a thing of the past. In a new study this week, they’ve shown that it’s possible to implant a medical device inside mice that […]

Blogdiabetes, health, medical, technology

Prototype sugar-powered teabag-like implant successfully manages type 1 diabetes in mice

2023-03-302023-03-30 Danie
Diagram of a mouse illustrating how a diabetes implant system would work

The fuel cell itself, which resembles a teabag that’s slightly larger than a fingernail, is covered in a nonwoven fabric and coated with alginate, an algae-derived product used widely in biomedicine because of its high […]

Blog#type1diabetes, diabetes, health, technology

Apple’s Noninvasive Blood Glucose Technology for Future Apple Watch Reaches ‘Proof-of Concept’ Stage

2023-02-232023-02-23 Danie
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Apple has made notable progress on noninvasive blood glucose monitoring technology, according to a new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Planned as a future Apple Watch feature, Apple wants to use the function to allow […]

Blogapple, bloodglucose, diabetes, health, technology

GlucoCheck – Sensor breakthrough brings us closer to blood glucose monitoring on wearables

2022-10-042022-10-04 Danie
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Blood glucose monitoring is touted to be the next big breakthrough for wearable devices like the Apple Watch. However, the hardware is yet to be seen on a commercially available, mass-market device. That might change […]

Blogbloodglucose, diabetes, health, technology, wearables

Continuous Glucose Monitoring on the Apple Watch with a MiaoMiao device and an inexpensive Libre NFC flash glucose monitor – No phone required

2022-06-072022-06-07 Danie
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The Libre NFC flash glucose monitor (which is available to all UK-based type-one diabetics for free via the NHS) is turned into a customisable and open continuous glucose monitor by sticking a Bluetooth LE transmitter […]

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Tidepool – open source diabetes software makes diabetes software more accessible, but also their employee handbooks and kanban boards

2022-02-022022-02-02 Danie
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Tidepool’s diabetes management software is an open source platform, free for both clinicians and people impacted by diabetes. And, because the company is a non-profit, it also operates according to the transparency rules that govern […]

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