Diagnosis of Diabetes Will be Faster And Easier
Researchers at MedStar Research Institute in Washington D.C. hope that a new light machine could replace the traditional diabetes testing method of doing a fasting blood sugar which involves fasting for 12 hours, drinking a sweet glucose solution, and taking a blood test; a process that takes a couple of hours.
Instead, the Vera-light scout system would have patients in and out in a flash. It uses fluorescent light to non-invasively measure the effects of high glucose levels in the forearm's connective tissue.
It is estimated that 6 million people have undiagnosed diabetes and many of them don't know it for years. When they are finally diagnosed, it's because diabetes complications like blindness or kidney disease have set in.
This painless and quick test should be given to everyone so that an early diagnosis is made, treatment started, and complications avoided.
