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Bi-lingual Device Tests Blood Sugar and Blood Pressure at the Same Time
Tania Madorma with the Diabetic Support Program demonstrates a new all-in-one blood pressure monitor and blood glucometer device that speaks in both English and Spanish to the person diagnosed with diabetes. People diagnosed with diabetes are also often diagnosed with high blood pressure. This device was designed with this in mind, and also designed for the visually impaired, speaking in your choice of English or Spanish.
A Diabetes Educator Who Knows Diabetes Inside Out
Scott talks with Kim Higgins, RN, CDE. She's been a diabetes educator for 30 years and has had type 1 herself for over 35 years, so she really knows diabetes inside out. Kim tells you how to find a diabetes educator near you to help you learn how to live with the disease.
The Little Diabetes Book You Need to Read is Now Available to Help You
Scott interviews Martha Funnell, MS, RN, CDE and Michael Weiss who have published a new book The Little Diabetes Book You Need to Read. The two collaborated to write a book about how to get what you need done after you have been diagnosed with diabetes. The book was inspired and written after Michael was diagnosed with diabetes and felt that nothing had prepared him for this.
Prodigy Voice Meter Designed with the National Federation of the Blind
Chris Gwaltney with Diagnostic Devices demonstrates the new Prodigy voice meter. Gwaltney says that this is the only meter on the market today that will allow the user to hear every process from setup, through memory and the testing process. The meter was designed in collaboration with the National Federation of the Blind.
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Lilly Introduces KwikPen for Humalog and Humalog Mixtures
Eli Lilly and Company has introduced KwikPen, a pre-filled insulin pen containing its Humalog insulin brand of insulins. The pen is the third that Lilly has introduced over the past 12 months, following in the wake of the HumaPen MEMOIR, a digital insulin pen with memory, and the HumaPen® LUXURA HD, a reusable pen for people who need insulin dosing in smaller increments.
4 comments - 28 Feb 2008 -
A1c tests, the standard measurement of blood glucose, underestimate the amount of glucose in people who are on kidney hemodialysis, says a Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center study.
2 comments - 27 Feb 2008 -
Researchers tracking heart rates as a predictor of life expectancy have found that higher-than-normal heart rates in middle-aged people increase their risk of developing diabetes later in life.
1 comment - 27 Feb 2008 -
A study at Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark says there is a link between type 1 or pregnancy-related diabetes in mothers and the later onset of type 2 diabetes in their children.
1 comment - 26 Feb 2008 -
A British study of 800 people 65 and older concludes that people with diabetes are more likely than non-diabetics to experience difficulties walking, dressing and climbing stairs.
1 comment - 26 Feb 2008 -
Until August 2006, I was a healthy 44-year-old female with no family history of diabetes. Type 1 diabetes has been so difficult, not because of the shots or management - although it is incredibly time-consuming to take care of yourself.
66 comments - 23 Feb 2008 -
Just after a massive U.S. study dropped its aggressive treatment of blood glucose levels because of increased deaths among type 2 patients, international researchers announced that their similar intense study of tight blood sugar control showed no increased risk of death.
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