David Mendosa says "this device, which you can wear on either your wrist or ankle as you sleep, sounds an alarm when it detects one of the signs of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar)..... It will beep repeatedly if hypoglycemia causes your skin temperature to drop or your skin to perspire.......The Sleep Sentry will not work for everyone. Extensive testing indicates that users may experience some false positives or false negatives. "
Dr. Julio Santiago, professor of pediatrics at the Washington University in St. Louis, says that before you decide one way or the other, consider this:
“Patients with past episodes of severe hypoglycemia must decide if an 80% to 90% chance of a ‘true positive’ alarm is worth the inconvenience of an occasional (1 to 2 per month) ‘false positive’ alarm…There is no perfect device to eliminate the danger of severe hypoglycemia. Patients who take insulin and have a history of past episodes of severe hypoglycemia should be considered candidates for the Sleep Sentry. Patients without a history of severe nocturnal hypoglycemia may also benefit from the Sleep Sentry, depending on the personal inconvenience associated with false alarms.”
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During a CBS 60 Minutes® report entitled The Science of Sleep, research endocrinologist Dr. Eve Van Cauter of the University of Chicago Medical Center said, "Sleep deprivation is a new risk factor for diabetes. We have an epidemic of diabetes and Type 2 diabetes is now occurring in children and in adolescents. 