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Researchers at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York have found that adding an oral medication, such as Metformin or Glyburide , makes insulin more effective and lowers the risk for Alzheimer's," This finding may help some people with Diabetes lower their risk of developing dementia.
Did you know there was a Diabetes Dictionary that can be accessed on-line? This dictionary defines words that are often used when people talk or write about diabetes. It is designed for people who have diabetes and for their families and friends. What a wonderful and useful service!
Provided by the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse(NDIC), a service of The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH
In important research, scientists in Michigan have discovered that signs of metabolic stress in the retina caused by diabetes can be detected by capturing a snapshot of the eye.They say that new imaging technology may offer a quick, noninvasive way of detecting diabetes early and monitoring its progress
Although the study focused on patients with diabetes, the researchers feel that the screening technology should be able to identify people with prediabetes--a condition in which blood glucose levels are higher than normal and that often progresses to full-blown diabetes. Clinical trials begin this fall (2008), using the system on diabetics and prediabetics.
Newly on the market or soon to be released is the GlucoTel System, a complete telemedical blood glucose monitoring and diabetes management system. What makes GlucoTel special is that it electronically measures the blood sugar level and then sends it automatically via Bluetooth to the patient's cell phone. The results are automatically transmitted from the cell phone to the manufacturer's (BodyTel Scientific) online database center via a mobile Internet connection and stored on a long-term basis in the patient's secured profile. The patient, and anyone else who would be authorized such as a physician or caregiver, will be able to access the database via the Internet at any time using a secure login.
In conjunction with The GlucoTel System, the BodyTel Center can create an alert message that can be sent to caregivers such as parents of a diabetic child, thereby informing them immediately of a potential out-of-range result or other unusual behavior like not performing any test within a predefined time frame.
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