Tag: DIABETES

Three years ago, diabetes blogger Amy Tenderich implored Steve Jobs to promote the development of user-friendly iPod apps for diabetics. An iTunes query for "diabetes" now returns hundreds of related offerings for iPods, iPhones and iPads. But, according to Fast Company, cardiologist Dr. Leslie Saxon believes a "revolutionary product" from Sanofi-Aventis could soon provide unprecedented and ...

Thanks to new research, diabetics could one day have a long-term solution to glucose monitoring. According to Technology Review, researchers implanted glucose sensors in pigs, and have concluded that they worked successfully for two years. Now, David Gough, the bioengineer who founded the company behind the pig experiment, GlySens, is petitioning the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve ...

It may seem like an automatic daily routine, but keeping up with the various precautionary measures required by certain illnesses can be a significant obstacle, particularly for needle-bound diabetics. But, technology could at least offset the inevitable confusion, annoying tedium and physical pain related to frequent glucose monitoring. Researchers have already crafted designs for contact ...

Make no mistake, there are quite a few sophisticated ways to monitor one's glucose levels, but we're pretty certain we've never seen an approach as simple and as bodacious as this. Massachusetts-based Draper Laboratories has stumbled upon a new embeddable nanosensor that could, at least in theory, eliminate those painful pricks endured today by so many diabetics. The so-called "injectable ...

There's certainly no shortage of efforts out there to make glucose monitoring a bit easier for diabetics, but Freedom Meditech is now claiming to have developed one of the least invasive to date and, what's more, it says it's actually gearing up to start some clinical trials. That latter bit is apparently possible thanks to a newly formed partnership with Batelle, which is helping to raise the ...

Operating a vehicle during a diabetic blood sugar crash can be a dangerous proposition for both driver and others on the road. That's why Medtronic Diabetes developed the M-POWERED concept car that allows a person to constantly monitor glucose levels via both audio and visual cues. The Lincoln sedan was unveiled at this year's American Diabetes Association annual meeting in San Francisco. No ...

Though Wilford Brimley has done plenty for the diabetes cause, diabetes blogger Amy Tenderich is hoping Steve Jobs & Co. can do even more. On the heels of the announcement that 100 million iPods had been sold, Tenderich has posted an open letter to Jobs asking for his iPod team's help in making insulin pumps and blood glucose monitors more user-friendly. But, why stop at diabetes? In her ...