News Release 28-Aug-2024 Klick Labs’ latest findings highlight potential for voice-based blood sugar monitoring; discovery follows scientists’ pioneering work using vocal biomarkers and AI to detect Type 2 diabetes Peer-Reviewed PublicationKlick Applied Sciences NEW YORK/TORONTO – August 28, 2024 – As part of its ongoing exploration of vocal biomarkers and the role they can play...
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US FDA Warns Against Using Smartwatches to Measure Blood Glucose
By Reuters REUTERS Signage is seen outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, U.S., August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned consumers on Wednesday against using smartwatches or smart rings that claim to measure blood glucose levels without piercing the skin, regardless of...
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Top 5 Medications That Can Increase Blood Glucose Levels
Akshay B. Jain, MD It’s that time of the year, when social media is rife with many top 5 and top 10 lists. Perhaps the beginning of a new year is a good time to review how different medications can have side effects beyond the disease state they’re used to address. Among the most common...
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Retrospective study finds that cancer drug also lowers blood glucose
by Mayo Clinic Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Dasatinib, a drug that often is used to treat certain types of leukemia, may have antidiabetic effects comparable to medications used to treat diabetes, and with more research may become a novel therapy for diabetic patients, according to new research published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Dasatinib is a tyrosine kinase...
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New Apple Watches could focus on blood glucose and scan someone’s TEMPERATURE
By CHRIS CIACCIA FOR DAILYMAIL.COM PUBLISHED: 12:25 EDT, 14 June 2021 | UPDATED: 12:28 EDT, 14 June 2021 Later versions of the Apple Watch could be focused more on health than prior models, including reading a person’s body temperature and blood sugar levels, a new report says. According to Bloomberg, the new features, which likely will not be a part of...
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Personalized sweat sensor reliably monitors blood glucose without finger pricks
Many people with diabetes endure multiple, painful finger pricks each day to measure their blood glucose. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Sensors have developed a device that can measure glucose in sweat with the touch of a fingertip, and then a personalized algorithm provides an accurate estimate of blood glucose levels. A hand-held device combined...
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Novel diabetes drug candidate shows promising properties in human islets and mouse models
The drug candidate is a non-toxic small molecule that given orally effectively rescued mice from models of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM ANATH SHALEV FROM UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM view more CREDIT: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The University of Alabama at Birmingham and Southern Research have discovered a...
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Are starchy snacks or sports supplements better for muscle recovery?
When it comes to replenishing muscles after exercise, sports energy bars and drinks are no better than cheap, carb-rich foods, such as potato pancakes, hash browns, and fries, a new study suggests. The manufacturers of sports energy bars and drinks market them as providing an “edge” for amateur and professional athletes. The implicit claim is...
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New study links severe sleep apnea to higher blood glucose levels in African-Americans
African Americans with severe sleep apnea and other adverse sleep patterns are much more likely to have high blood glucose levels –a risk factor for diabetes–than those without these patterns, according to a new study funded in part by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health. The...
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Researchers identify unique glucose-sensing neurons that regulate blood sugar
by Baylor College of Medicine Low blood sugar levels, known as hypoglycemia, can be a life-threatening situation, especially for people with type 1 diabetes who rely on intensive insulin therapy to prevent blood sugar from going too high. Solutions to this problem may come from a better understanding of the basic mechanisms keeping blood sugar...
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