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FDA Approves CGM without Fingersticks
Modern medicine has made the treatment of diabetes fairly simple. A patient gets a blood sugar reading, and then injects the appropriate amount of insulin. The process is made much simpler through the...
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Cedars-Sinai Fields 3rd Health-Tech Accelerator Class [video]
Hate going to the doctor for blood work? How about a DIY blood-testing device? Tasso, the maker of the device, is one of 10 startups included in Cedars-Sinai‘s third health-tech accelerator class. The...
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Injectable Bandages Halt Hemorrhaging and Speed Healing [video]
Hemorrhaging remains the greatest cause of death in otherwise survivable battlefield injuries. In a 2011 study of deaths after casualties reached a medical treatment facility from October 2001 to June...
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Smartphone Linked Wristband Counts Particles and Cells
Early wristband fitness trackers were easy to differentiate from single-purpose health tech wearables that monitored just heart rate or blood pressure. Wearables packing multiple biosensors upped the...
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Non-Invasive Biosensor on a Chip [video]
Our bodies are chemical engines. It stands to reason that we should be able to deduce all sorts of useful information about our health status simply by considering the types and quantities of...
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FDA Approves 90-Day Glucose Sensor [video]
Diabetes is a disease that prevents the body from regulating blood sugar. Many diabetics must take blood samples to check their glucose levels, and adjust their insulin doses accordingly. Finger...
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Non-Invasive Blood Glucose Monitor Equals Finger Prick
If people with diabetes Type I and Type II don’t monitor their blood glucose levels regularly, meaning multiple times each day, the consequences can include heart attacks, coma, blindness, and even...
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Wristband Promises Bloodless Glucose Monitor [video]
And now we present you with YANIGM: Yet Another Non-Invasive Glucose Monitor. While diabetes patients continue to prick their fingers multiple times a day, the idea of a reliable non-invasive glucose...
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Smartphone App Accurately Screens for Anemia
Anemia affects 1.6 billion, or 24.8% of Earth’s population, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Many blood disorders include anemia among their symptoms, which also varies depending on...
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Sweat Sensor Enables Noninvasive Health Monitoring
In biometric terms, sweat may soon be the new black. Blood testing remains the current gold standard for biometric measurement, but it is invasive, at times awkward or difficult, and sometimes...
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